The Democratic States of Spoka-Caratt is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, avant-garde cinema, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 6.574 billion Spoka-Carattians 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 minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.8%.

The very strong Spoka-Carattian economy, worth 431 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 65,693 dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 360,831 per year while the poor average 6,079, a ratio of 59.4 to 1.

Dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming, the government has returned all business to private ownership, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, and cheap and tasteless vegetables flood the markets. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Spoka-Caratt's national animal is the panda, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Spoka-Caratt is ranked 275,185^th in the world and 1,721^st in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Most Patriotic, with 0.63 flags saluted per person per day.