The Republic of Publica is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Anaya Lane with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 15.064 billion Publicans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oppida Prima. The average income tax rate is 97.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Publican economy, worth a remarkable 2,887 trillion denarii 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 191,695 denarii, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Publican police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, Anaya Lane's media campaigns take a hiatus around exam week, the Publican foreign aid program is quick to provide starving children with the latest video games, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime is totally unknown. Publica's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Publica is ranked 26,760^th in the world and 1^st in The Phoenix Imperium for Most Patriotic, with 40.95 flags saluted per person per day.