The Commonwealth of Phanama is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Bjòrandi with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 15.572 billion Phanamans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spiritus. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Phanaman economy, worth a remarkable 1,802 trillion Phanaman Ramesoes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,765 Phanaman Ramesoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Snap elections are called over every minor impasse, weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies, Phanama is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, and the nation's democracy attracts huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phanama's national animal is the Rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Phanama is ranked 325,884^th in the world and 4,103^rd in the South Pacific for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 19.41 on the Bus Surprisal Index.