The Republic of Phualand is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Minister Ethan with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, otherworldly petting zoo, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 7.58 billion Phuanese 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fort Nogawa. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Phualandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,344 trillion Phua dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 177,430 Phua dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, the seats at the back of the parliament are reserved for indigenous ministers, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", and undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Phualand's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Phualand is ranked 2,099^th in the world and 123^rd in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 3,278.86 Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile.