The Republic of Phia Dran is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its teetotalling pirates, ritual sacrifices, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.725 billion Phia Dranians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 29.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Phia Dranian economy, worth 173 trillion kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 100,504 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Everyone apparently sends Leader hair-filled lockets, offers to die heroically, and poetic desires to co-parent a child, people have stopped going the extra mile, the government's approval ratings go down while its turnover rate goes up, and Bigtopian relations have become a minefield. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phia Dran's national animal is the leopard, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Phia Dran is ranked 56,585^th in the world and 32^nd in Far East Oriental Federation for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,795.46 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.