The Democratic Republic of Homunda is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 360 million Homundans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 19.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Homundan economy, worth 18.3 trillion Kagazzes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,861 Kagazzes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Sniffer dogs are trained to follow clouds of fruity-smelling vapor, welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, and businesses are forced to bring all work back within the nation's borders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Homunda's national animal is the Zebra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Homunda is ranked 258,045^th in the world and 5,834^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 61 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.