The United States of Santo Espirito is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 507 million Santo Espiritoans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Derrota. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Santo Espírito Espiritoan economy, worth 60.5 trillion Machadinhos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 119,263 Machadinhos, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Government agents stalk the aisles of grocery stores for out-of-stock medications, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, cheering flag-waving citizens don't like to think too hard about politics, and manual labourers must be willing to have cybernetic limbs to get a job. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Santo Espirito's national animal is the Cachorro Caramelo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Santo Espirito is ranked 14,980^th in the world and 3^rd in RIUVV for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 5,926.21 on the Hickory Productivity Index.