The Phoenix Empire of Chun Nan is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Empress Lai Renxiang with an iron fist, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 18.039 billion Chuns are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shixiao. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Chunnian economy, worth a remarkable 3,030 trillion Scripts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 168,010 Scripts, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,123,986 per year while the poor average 9,473, a ratio of 118 to 1.

Swarms of present-laden delivery drones blot out the sun before major holidays, barbed wire entanglements and guard towers surround the Shixiao Natural History Museum, the government is often referred to as "the biggest drug dealer in the nation", and parents tell their children 'what a lovely mistake you turned out to be'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chun Nan's national animal is the Empyrean Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Empyrean Mantle.

Chun Nan is ranked 211,335^th in the world and 7,179^th in Osiris for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring 30.31 on the Hayek Index.