The United States of FirePheonix is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by The Ten Scholars with a fair hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.88 billion FirePheonixians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Intelligentsia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.8%.

The frighteningly efficient FirePheonixian economy, worth 395 trillion bells a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 210,289 bells, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 627,118 per year while the poor average 55,216, a ratio of 11.4 to 1.

The Grinder at Fat Sal's Deli and Recycling Center is a national institution, CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears, the possibility of gain causes universal pain, and several inches are being added to first class seating. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. FirePheonix's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is mongadace.

FirePheonix is ranked 12,821^st in the world and 38^th in The League for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 10,130.53 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.