The Allied States of Pommona is a large, efficient nation, renowned for its burgeoning Aster population. The hard-working population of 111 million Pommonans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.5%.

The very strong Pommonan economy, worth 4.91 trillion Asters a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is 44,278 Asters, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 135,261 per year while the poor average 11,234, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Pommona's national animal is the Aster, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Pommona is ranked 257,804^th in the world and 41^st in Asteroid Belt for Highest Drug Use, scoring 48.61 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.