The Holy Mountains of Philosophical Pandas is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 37.43 billion Pandaaits enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Welfare, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Law & Order and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chihasa. The average income tax rate is 29.0%.

The thriving Pandaan economy, worth a remarkable 2,699 trillion thoughts a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 72,120 thoughts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, Pandaan diplomacy is by the book, and the populace harbors a fierce hatred of the metric system. Crime is relatively low. Philosophical Pandas's national animal is the bamboo vole, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Eightwayism.

Philosophical Pandas is ranked 2,327^th in the world and 5^th in International Democratic Union for Largest Populations, with 37.4 billion capita.