The Guiding Light of Imperial Phoenix Terra is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Imperial Phoenix Septeu with an iron fist, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, rampant corporate plagiarism, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 34.66 billion Imperial Phoenix Terrans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terra Prime. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Imperial Phoenix Terran economy, worth a remarkable 5,712 trillion credits 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 164,804 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every spring railroad foundations erode to reveal human remains, subsidisation of Big Pharma has stopped many corporate executives from having to sell their second homes, former gun owners are finding that brandishing paintball guns isn't as satisfying as the real thing, and the diplomatic corps stinks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Imperial Phoenix Terra's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is three major religions and one holy city.

Imperial Phoenix Terra is ranked 4,854^th in the world and 98^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 569.88 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.