The Empire of Magnus Phoenicia is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Glenton Gryphon-Bush II with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, ritual sacrifices, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 6.465 billion Magnus Phoenicians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Melbourne-Haven. The average income tax rate is 58.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Magnus Phoenician economy, worth 528 trillion Ba'als a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 81,760 Ba'als, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy, Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation, fighter pilots crash out of the air after failing to understand their foreign instruction manuals, and multiple births are a cause of celebration for tax collectors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Magnus Phoenicia's national animal is the Zebra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is True Path Faith.

Magnus Phoenicia is ranked 23,190^th in the world and 4^th in The Pangaean Union for Most Cultured, scoring 88 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.