The Free State of Spaviland is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Spav XI with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 9.18 billion Spavs are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spavopolis. The average income tax rate is 92.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Spavish economy, worth 723 trillion Spavmarks a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 78,774 Spavmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, the only film released this month was "Prayervengers: Heresy War", citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, and pedants defending Spav XI observe that psychopaths and sociopaths aren't exactly the same thing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spaviland's national animal is the Red Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Spavish Mythology.

Spaviland is ranked 16,245^th in the world and 1^st in Zanonor for Lowest Crime Rates, with 92.97 law-abiding acts per hour.