The Protectorate of Philippines DPR is a very large, orderly nation, notable for its national health service, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 448 million Philippines DPRians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 16.3%.

The Philippines DPRian economy, worth 22.1 trillion 4th Edition Trench Dollars 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip 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 49,291 4th Edition Trench Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign militaries are taking a particular interest in the nation's abandoned borders and cities, old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones, voter turnout for the election of the Junior Assistant for Non-Digital Media Strategies has been unsurprisingly low, and coal miners rack up frequent flyer miles. Crime is a serious problem. Philippines DPR's national animal is the Black Spotted Tabby Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Philippines DPR is ranked 135,422^nd in the world and 13^th in New Region oasis for Largest Black Market, with 1.42 trillion Standard Monetary Units.