The Republic of New Phoebes is a small, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, cynical population of 23 million New Phoebesians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order and Education are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.5%.

The very strong New Phoebesian economy, worth 1.68 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Information Technology. Average income is 72,887 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. New Phoebes's national animal is the wolf, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

New Phoebes is ranked 308,535^th in the world and 2,311^th in the Rejected Realms for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 6.54 Effective Tax Rate.