The Republic of Phia Dran is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its public floggings, free-roaming dinosaurs, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.779 billion Phia Dranians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 33.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Phia Dranian economy, worth 178 trillion kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 100,158 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Science labs across the country languish in cobwebs as the government turns its attentions to spiritual matters, screams of citizens being "re-educated" echo throughout the rural regions of Phia Dran, the people say nuts to meat-based proteins, and the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phia Dran's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Phia Dran is ranked 77,914^th in the world and 43^rd in Far East Oriental Federation for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,825.39 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.