The Free Land of Phodopus is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 322 million Phodosians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 81.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Phodopusian economy, worth 19.5 trillion Cricets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is 60,614 Cricets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, no one engages in 'locker room talk' any more, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, and people boast about their low income on their dating profiles. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phodopus's national animal is the Prairie Vole, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Phodopus is ranked 6,583^rd in the world and 267^th in The North Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 94.76 percentage of bribes refused.