The Democratic States of Spration is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 163 million Sprationians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 21.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Sprationian economy, worth 5.60 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,378 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

After every storm there's an expensive government-funded rainbow, Spration's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, entire families are dragged into counseling whenever children fight on a playground, and owning a really cute pet is grounds for immediate investigation. Crime is totally unknown. Spration's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Spration is ranked 248,050^th in the world and 3,334^th in the Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 2.7 flags saluted per person per day.