The Free Land of Phodopus is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. 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 80.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Phodopusian economy, worth 17.1 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 Tourism. Average income is 56,324 Cricets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign governments' extravagances, the official Phodopusian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, and geosynchronous satellites are now manned by unpaid interns. 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 46,632^nd in the world and 816^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 79.9 law-abiding acts per hour.