The Intelligent Philosophers of Philosophorum is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Socrates with an iron fist, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, triple-decker prams, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.496 billion Philosophus are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Athens. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Philosophorian economy, worth 215 trillion Lorem-Ipsums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 143,384 Lorem-Ipsums, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Weapons are only sold to foreign governments that are legitimate enough to not bounce the cheque, summer science camps are regularly raided by narcotics police, for the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs, and faceless corporations are expected to assume parental responsibility over millions of teenagers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Philosophorum's national animal is the sciencia, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Philosophy.

Philosophorum is ranked 31,325^th in the world and 99^th in the Outback for Smartest Citizens, with 55.29 quips per hour.