The Civic Republic of The City of Philadelphia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by the Civilian Emergency Council with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.576 billion Philadelphians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the Centre Maetropolis. The average income tax rate is 52.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Philadelphian economy, worth 200 trillion Gold-plated Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 127,481 Gold-plated Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast, the acceptance of acupuncture and other alternative therapies has needled the scientific community, the government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, and visitors to Violet Rock City are stunned to learn that they must memorize the "99 Principles" before entering. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The City of Philadelphia's national animal is the White-furred Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Folk Churches.

The City of Philadelphia is ranked 67,729^th in the world and 869^th in The East Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 24.58 flags saluted per person per day.