The Country of SparkleMinds is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by President Nate Elsher with an even hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, smutty television, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cheerful population of 5.089 billion SparkleMinds enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Friendship Kingdom. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient SparkleMindians economy, worth 541 trillion Sparkles a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 106,376 Sparkles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dubiously qualified Skandilundian barristers keep referring to laws as 'government guidelines', SparkleMindians police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, and you're never too young to learn how to lie with confidence. Crime is totally unknown. SparkleMinds's national animal is the Unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

SparkleMinds is ranked 288,565^th in the world and 11,097^th in Balder for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -22.8 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.