The Calamaripublic of Dunsteen is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Squidward Tentacles with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, otherworldly petting zoo, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 6.372 billion Dunstenes 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 Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bikini Bottom. The average income tax rate is 46.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Dunsteenian economy, worth 994 trillion clarinets a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 156,133 clarinets, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Squidward Tentacles's reputation is hard as nails, long queues are apparently signs of a well-run airport, the freedom to be free is always just out of reach, and primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dunsteen's national animal is the squid, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Squidism.

Dunsteen is ranked 29,296^th in the world and 412^th in Europe for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 6,478.97 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.