The Republic of Philip Davis is a mammoth, cultured nation, notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, ban on automobiles, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 7.771 billion Philip Davisians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed, including voting. 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 Education, Welfare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.8%.

The thriving Philip Davisian economy, worth 639 trillion rupees a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 82,332 rupees, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 278,654 per year while the poor average 17,977, a ratio of 15.5 to 1.

The demands of climate protestors are measured in spray-paint can sales, urban entrepreneurs are busy introducing cockroaches into restaurant kitchens, funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals, and the new Philip Davisian-made OS is buggier and more inconvenient than a horse-drawn carriage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Philip Davis's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Philip Davis is ranked 24,214^th in the world and 4^th in Dawnstar for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 2,951.46 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.