The Nomadic Peoples of A Spy Balloon is a mammoth, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 7.827 billion Spy Balloonians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 62.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Spy Balloonian economy, worth 189 trillion AIM-9X Sidewinders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 24,143 AIM-9X Sidewinders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming, children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, Spy Balloonians are free from pain - but the side effects include loss of individual thought and freedom, and people forget to eat because they are too busy singing Leader's praises. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Spy Balloon's national animal is the F-22 Raptor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

A Spy Balloon is ranked 215,032^nd in the world and 934^th in Europeia for Nudest, with 103.5 cheeks per square mile.