The Grassley-Rogers State of Photoplier is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Joseph Albert Holtzmann Jr with an even hand, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, anti-smoking policies, and daily referendums. The compassionate, devout population of 2.197 billion Photoplierians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jaholta. The average income tax rate is 69.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Photoplierian economy, worth 126 trillion Joebucks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,794 Joebucks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Several politicians have resigned following clarifications that "bribe" and "donation" are not actually synonyms, all government communication requires the imprimatur of the Truth Police, demand for gourmet white truffles is on the rise, and the cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Photoplier's national animal is the Monkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Photoplier is ranked 225,330^th in the world and 9,140^th in the South Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 90.41 percentage of bribes refused.