The Holy Violetan Empire of BongoHongo is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Prophetesses Holly and Wednesday Njongo with an iron fist, and notable for its enslaved workforce, strictly enforced bedtime, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 23.503 billion BongoHongolese are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of HongoMeBongo. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 83.4%.

The frighteningly efficient BongoHongoan economy, worth a remarkable 4,814 trillion Bongoli Golden Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Retail, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 204,864 Bongoli Golden Credits, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Exiles see that the line where the sky meets the sea is just clouds and rain, confused-looking pigeons slide gently off frictionless window ledges, diplomatic fallout tends to be much more dangerous than radioactive fallout, and the nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BongoHongo's national animal is the Bongoli Ape, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Gongobongohongolese Order of Violet.

BongoHongo is ranked 300,813^th in the world and 12^th in The Unrecoverables for Highest Drug Use, scoring 17.26 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.