The Grand Duchy of Spectrale is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Grand Duke Florian with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 16.991 billion Spectraleans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Largo. The average income tax rate is 90.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Spectralean economy, worth a remarkable 1,351 trillion Ducats a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 79,560 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is hoping that medical aid will speak louder than human rights abuses, patriotic citizens chant "there's only one Spectrale" at foreigners, costumed characters wearing Maxtopian Grass leaves remind citizens that the government now sells the green stuff, and the new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spectrale's national animal is the European garden spider, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Spectrale is ranked 23,573^rd in the world and 854^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.97 law-abiding acts per hour.