The Deep Periphery of Clan Spaniel is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by IlKhan Nicholas Keresky with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.54 billion Clanners enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gienah. The average income tax rate is 94.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Clan Spanielian economy, worth 704 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 199,018 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes, the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", government bureaucrats shut down teenage yard-raking businesses for being counter-revolutionary, and military barracks resemble five-star hotels. Crime is totally unknown. Clan Spaniel's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cult of Kerensky.

Clan Spaniel is ranked 145,235^th in the world and 3,269^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 152 billion Standard Monetary Units.