The Hallowed Nation of Prismaria is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by The Empress of Light with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.286 billion Prismarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Irisia. The average income tax rate is 80.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Prismarian economy, worth 276 trillion Prismatic dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 84,190 Prismatic dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, banning party poppers has been a real party pooper, graffiti graces every city's streets, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Prismaria's national animal is the Prismatic Lacewing, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Prismaria is ranked 48,891^st in the world and 1,538^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 150.78 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.