The State of Ponta Grossa is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Governor with an iron fist, and notable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 25.273 billion Ponta Grossans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Ponta Grossan economy, worth a remarkable 3,301 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 130,638 betales, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

The importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission, and TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ponta Grossa's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ponta Grossa is ranked 27,280^th in the world and 4^th in 0000 for Safest, scoring 110.27 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.