The Federation of Magnificent Phoenix is a very large, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 107 million Magnificent Phoenixians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 9.1%.

The strong Magnificent Phoenixian economy, worth 6.71 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 62,733 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

The death penalty has been reintroduced, the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption, it's not just poseurs who wear oversized sound-cancelling headphones as they walk the city streets, and every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts. Crime is well under control. Magnificent Phoenix's national animal is the Phoenix, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Magnificent Phoenix is ranked 172,726^th in the world and 350^th in Refugia for Most Income Equality, scoring 21.38 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.