The Federal Republic of Phoania is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Edmund Volzer with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, ubiquitous missile silos, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.053 billion Phoanians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phoana. The average income tax rate is 73.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Phoanian economy, worth 416 trillion Phoanian Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 136,460 Phoanian Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It's been a banner year for local vexillology, politicians have to be granted day-release from prison to speak on bills, single celebrities have to repeatedly prove their chastity to avoid being married off to infatuated fans, and citizens are regularly found digging for treasure in their gardens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phoania's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Phoania is ranked 26,242^nd in the world and 21^st in KAISERREICH for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,149.2 on the Gilded Widget Scale.