The Republic of Where the Bong Trees Grow is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lt Bong with an iron fist, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.274 billion Bongers 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bongville. The average income tax rate is 64.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Where the Bong Trees Growian economy, worth 81.0 trillion deniers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,565 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traffic news is delivered to drivers via carrier pigeon, the new biography of Lt Bong is subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate the Bomb", major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason, and female restaurant chefs are not allowed to have male customers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Where the Bong Trees Grow's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Bongism.

Where the Bong Trees Grow is ranked 50,738^th in the world and 68^th in The Wellspring for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 146.16 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.