The Republic of Spencer Strider is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.049 billion Spencer Striderians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 53.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Spencer Striderian economy, worth 263 trillion francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 86,405 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The dartboard at the Spencer Striderian Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of Leader's face, legislators toe the party line lest the Sergeant-at-Arms decide to conduct "truncheon practice" on the backbench, children seem to be getting better at lying these days, and basic multiplication is all you need to know to have a child. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spencer Strider's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Spencer Strider is ranked 246,192^nd in the world and 5,096^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.87 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.