The Colony of The Phase is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The devout population of 816 million Phaseans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.1%.

The thriving Phasean economy, worth 67.7 trillion Diamonds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 82,974 Diamonds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 243,466 per year while the poor average 22,291, a ratio of 10.9 to 1.

A law degree is required before telling people not to drink and drive, starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, Leader has just been declared ruler of The Phase in an international press conference, and weather forecasts regularly cover meteor showers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Phase's national animal is the Zombie, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Phase is ranked 44,636^th in the world and 1^st in IxCraft for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,114.57 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.