The Kingdom of Sparitonia is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 330 million Sparitonians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 28.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Sparitonian economy, worth 19.9 trillion platinum coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 60,250 platinum coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, public ferries only carry enough lifeboats for the first-class passengers, television characters who ask how someone's doing are charged with harassment, and citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sparitonia's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sparitonia is ranked 77,200^th in the world and 305^th in Concord for Safest, scoring 91.34 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.