The Democratic Minion's Republic of The Haughtherlands is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Dear Leader Joseth Spongister with an iron fist, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, state-planned economy, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.19 billion Theditches 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liquorice Lagoon. The average income tax rate is 84.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Haughtherlandsian economy, worth 90.2 trillion Sponge Sterlings 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 75,839 Sponge Sterlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The comic book series 'Dear Leader Joseth Spongister and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller, police officers often conceal their identities to safeguard against public complaints, Dear Leader Joseth Spongister is the self-declared God of all The Haughtherlands, and the government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Haughtherlands's national animal is the Kitchen Sponge, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Spongism.

The Haughtherlands is ranked 153,315^th in the world and 6,713^th in the South Pacific for Largest Retail Industry, scoring 271.57 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.