The Intelligent Philosophers of Philosophorum is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Socrates with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, anti-smoking policies, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.264 billion Philosophus are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Athens. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Philosophorian economy, worth 176 trillion Lorem-Ipsums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 139,844 Lorem-Ipsums, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Wandering Philosophus are known for their one-track minds, studio executives abandon tragic stories of star-crossed lovers because "it's been done", starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, and agricultural employees work for peanuts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Philosophorum's national animal is the sciencia, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Philosophy.

Philosophorum is ranked 49,800^th in the world and 141^st in the Outback for Highest Poor Incomes, with 55,504.92 Standard Monetary Units.