The Empire of Phantomee is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, barren, inhospitable landscape, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 514 million Imperial Citizens have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The relatively small, corrupt government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Industry, and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yinchorr. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Phantomeean economy, worth 59.2 trillion Imperial Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 115,261 Imperial Credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 370,721 per year while the poor average 27,142, a ratio of 13.7 to 1.

Statue-sitting has replaced the stake-out as the dullest form of police duty, nature finds a way despite the government's best efforts, innocent defendants often plead guilty for fear of receiving a much harsher sentence before jury, and fiscal policy hawks decry the sizable "panem et circenses" fund added to the public budget. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Phantomee's national animal is the Rancor, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Phantomee is ranked 46,328^th in the world and 26^th in Aeternas for Most Cultured, scoring 73 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.