The Free Land of Phodopus is a very large, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 349 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 82.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Phodopusian economy, worth 20.4 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 58,383 Cricets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, telling someone to 'break a leg' is considered a criminal inducement to self harm, and foreign policy is to avoid standing up to bullies. Crime, especially youth-related, 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 172,879^th in the world and 2,064^th in The North Pacific for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -1 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.