The Phoenix Union of Natzinville is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Croissant Malingerer with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 5.638 billion Natzinvillians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marcedol. The average income tax rate is 86.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Natzinvillian economy, worth 881 trillion Lorkois a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 156,294 Lorkois, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

This year's hottest fashion trend is the Lese Majeste collection, fashion models are guaranteed to be 100% genuinely as anorexic as they appear on magazine covers, grannies with arthritic hands work miserably on factory production lines, and volunteers trip over themselves to get into the latest mind-bending drug trials. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Natzinville's national animal is the Jellephant, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Wormism.

Natzinville is ranked 271,141^st in the world and 294^th in Shiseballs for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 37.41 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.