The Shadow Unity of Phantomism is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Sultan Rahman with an even hand, and remarkable for its teetotalling pirates, ban on automobiles, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate population of 4.442 billion Phantoms are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shadow Metropolis. The average income tax rate is 59.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Phantomis economy, worth 510 trillion Phantomismals a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 114,831 Phantomismals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed, political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Sultan Rahman's throne, poaching has been on the rise after animals from the nation's zoos were released into the wild, and the new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phantomism's national animal is the Endangered Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Islam.

Phantomism is ranked 50,617^th in the world and 17^th in Wintercrest for Highest Average Incomes, with 114,831.8 Standard Monetary Units.