The Commonwealth of Phanama is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by President Bjòrandi with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 15.463 billion Phanamans 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spiritus. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Phanaman economy, worth a remarkable 1,789 trillion Phanaman Ramesoes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,732 Phanaman Ramesoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are strongly encouraged to breathe less so as to limit the carbon footprint, snap elections are called over every minor impasse, weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies, and Phanama is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phanama's national animal is the Rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Phanama is ranked 58,347^th in the world and 794^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 161.31 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.