The Republic of Publica is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Anaya Lane with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and labour-free parental leave. The compassionate, democratic population of 20.275 billion Publicans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oppida Prima. The average income tax rate is 97.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Publican economy, worth a remarkable 4,011 trillion denarii a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 197,856 denarii, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, universities spend millions cultivating ivy on their buildings, the government is plagued with uncertainty, and keeping the lights on keeps the lights on for increasing amounts of Publicans. Crime is totally unknown. Publica's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Publica is ranked 226,548^th in the world and 4^th in The Phoenix Imperium for Rudest Citizens, with 33.24 insults per minute.