The Most Serene Republic of Phoronu is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by G Edwardius with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cheerful population of 20.96 billion Phoronuans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Phoronus. The average income tax rate is 97.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Phoronuan economy, worth a remarkable 3,734 trillion Phoronuan Dollars a year, is highly 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 178,194 Phoronuan Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, the government expresses surprisingly intense opinions on the use of whip pans, and report cards now include a 'Pain Tolerance' grading column. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phoronu's national animal is the Quick Toed Sloth, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Non-Movementarianism.

Phoronu is ranked 313,580^th in the world and 4,400^th in The North Pacific for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 320.34 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.