The Confederacy of Phobi is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Deimos with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, public floggings, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 23.781 billion Phobians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Murk. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Phobian economy, worth a remarkable 5,777 trillion Schustaffels a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 242,963 Schustaffels, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push, Murk University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, and roadside walls are being built and mother nature is paying for it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phobi's national animal is the Infidel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Phobi is ranked 301,931^st in the world and 16,502^nd in Osiris for Least Corrupt Governments, with 68.67 percentage of bribes refused.