The Democratic Republic of Phoidoss is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.451 billion Phoidossians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phoidoss City. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Phoidossian economy, worth 609 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 176,424 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Airport announcements inform passengers that flights have been delayed because pilots are having afternoon naps, people who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns, the price of takeaway food quadruples after 6pm, and university admissions staff are blindfolded to prevent accidental bias. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phoidoss's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Phoidoss is ranked 54,624^th in the world and 20^th in The Creeds for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,480 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.