The Protectorate of Philippines DPR is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, soft-spoken computers, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 422 million Philippines DPRians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare are ignored. The average income tax rate is 13.1%.

The Philippines DPRian economy, worth 21.9 trillion 4th Edition Trench Dollars 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 51,781 4th Edition Trench Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Nihilistic thrill-seekers claim that suicide by roller coaster is the ultimate life experience, the government is giving peace a chance, it is a crime to operate a combine harvester while intoxicated, and tourists visiting the nation are harangued for being capitalist pig-dogs. Crime is a serious problem. Philippines DPR's national animal is the Black Spotted Tabby Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Philippines DPR is ranked 14,283^rd in the world and 2^nd in New Region oasis for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 7,353.39 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.