The Sultanate of Pharma is a mammoth, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5.261 billion Pharmen 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.8%.

The strong Pharman economy, worth 265 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 50,471 Delta Eagles, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Eminent domain has been abolished, children seem to be getting better at lying these days, citizens with artificial limbs are forbidden to serve as beauty pageant judges, and the government is under the thumb of countless special interests. Crime is moderate. Pharma's national animal is the Kitsune, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Pharma is ranked 213,990^th in the world and 1^st in Nicioniar for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 19.78 Effective Tax Rate.