The Republic of Spectroscopic is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, aversion to nipples, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 2.21 billion Spectroscopicians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Spectroscopician economy, worth 202 trillion xjzfs a year, is led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,721 xjzfs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Thousands of former pirates can be found peddling knockoff products in flea markets, the military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks", small shoes often wash up on the beach, and industry tycoons rarely hide their misdeeds due to the government's habit of bailing them out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spectroscopic's national animal is the xjzf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Spectroscopic is ranked 70,087^th in the world and 465^th in Two for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,452.98 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.