The Tea Drinking Nation of Philosophers Inc is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, rampant corporate plagiarism, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 11.359 billion Philosophers Incians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, outspoken morass — prioritizes Education, although Welfare, Environment, and Social Policy are also considered important, while Defense and Law & Order receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 94.8%.

The thriving Philosophers Incian economy, worth a remarkable 1,105 trillion philosophers stones a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 97,346 philosophers stones, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, there has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees, radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, and students abandon classrooms for online education. Crime is totally unknown. Philosophers Inc's national animal is the benanabird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Philosophers Inc is ranked 27,245^th in the world and 1,671^st in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 81.59 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.