The Free Land of Phodopus is a very large, genial nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 303 million Phodosians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Phodopusian economy, worth 17.2 trillion Cricets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 56,635 Cricets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, and the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign governments' extravagances. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phodopus's national animal is the Prairie Vole, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Phodopus is ranked 46,442^nd in the world and 815^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 79.9 law-abiding acts per hour.