The Democratic States of Philistan is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Phil with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.327 billion Philistanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Whatta City. The average income tax rate is 75.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Philistanian economy, worth 363 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 156,011 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Burning twigs to keep warm while lost in the wild is now a felony, Philistan has taken the radical step of electing its future leaders, a politician who is photographed pulling a funny face while eating can say goodbye to their credibility, and civil engineers are undermining sinkholes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Philistan's national animal is the platypus, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Philistan is ranked 194,488^th in the world and 986^th in the South Pacific for Largest Populations, with 2.33 billion capita.