The Empire of Pamduj is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Fardon with an iron fist, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, compulsory military service, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.502 billion Pamdujians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berckit. The average income tax rate is 76.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pamdujian economy, worth 754 trillion Aurs 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 a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese 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 impressive 167,485 Aurs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cleaners are very careful not to bump into the big red button on Fardon's desk, the climate agreement has actually increased the volume of hot air in the atmosphere, children as young as six shock their parents by coming out of the closet, and military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pamduj's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Souren.

Pamduj is ranked 270,109^th in the world and 5,061^st in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 38.55 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.