The Colony of The Phase is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 444 million Phaseans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.0%.
The thriving Phasean economy, worth 35.3 trillion Diamonds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 79,457 Diamonds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 288,898 per year while the poor average 15,548, a ratio of 18.6 to 1.
Welfare recipients frequently parlay checks into homelessness, the saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work", discarded pennies litter the streets, and tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Phase's national animal is the Zombie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
The Phase is ranked 49,061st in the world and 2nd in IxCraft for Highest Food Quality, scoring 41.15 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.
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The Phase, tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread.
- : Following new legislation in The Phase, discarded pennies litter the streets.
- : Following new legislation in The Phase, the saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work".
- : Following new legislation in The Phase, welfare recipients frequently parlay checks into homelessness.
- : Following new legislation in The Phase, children asking questions about science are referred to relevant sections in religious texts.
- : The Phase was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Devout and Most Cultured.
- : Following new legislation in The Phase, artists from across the nation compete to renovate the restrooms of old government buildings.
- : Following new legislation in The Phase, binoculars sales are at an all-time high.
- : Following new legislation in The Phase, the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings".
- : Following new legislation in The Phase, pregnant hitchhikers with signs requesting rides to "competent care" are a common sight on Phasean roads.