The Most Serene Republic of Philosophatas is a titanic, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 14.514 billion Philosophatasians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 31.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Philosophatasian economy, worth 268 trillion mental pounds a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Information Technology, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 18,499 mental pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown. Philosophatas's national animal is the rat.

Philosophatas is ranked 133,664^th in the world and 101^st in Emirates of Futurnia for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.