The Open Principality of Eco-Paris Reformation is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Prince Jack Mirabilis with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, lack of airports, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.01 billion Phillonians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Antipodes. The average income tax rate is 99.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Phillonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,555 trillion URCS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 194,223 URCS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Trains and passengers alike are often late, kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents, the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies, and bars are packed at all hours. Crime is totally unknown. Eco-Paris Reformation's national animal is the Puffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Scientology.

Eco-Paris Reformation is ranked 6,217^th in the world and 7^th in Union of Allied States for Lowest Crime Rates, with 111.3 law-abiding acts per hour.