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“Prick us and we'll bleed. But you'll bleed more.”

The Most Serene Republic of Spikeyboy is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Spinar Tine with an even hand, and renowned for its parental licensing program. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.085 billion 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Erinacea. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Amnesty Interregional has condemned Spikeyboy for ignoring crimes against humanity, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, major cities are suffering under water rationing, and Hedgehog is one of the most popular forenames in Spikeyboy. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spikeyboy's national animal is the hedgehog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the spine.

Spikeyboy is ranked 1st in the region and 2,668th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.