The Fair Queendom of Phazania is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its public floggings, irreverence towards religion, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, democratic, cheerful population of 43.839 billion Phazanians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 91.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Phazanian economy, worth a remarkable 3,068 trillion Pints a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 69,999 Pints, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drunk drivers are sentenced to death, jails have become colloquially known as 'vampire houses', travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, and the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phazania's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Phazania is ranked 22,298^th in the world and 18^th in Africa for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 8,239.28 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.