The Parliamentary Confederation of Spudguy is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its national health service, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.497 billion Daemons enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Canberrowa. The average income tax rate is 94.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Spudguyian economy, worth a remarkable 1,086 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 114,438 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The realistic depiction of tentacles is on the core syllabus of most art schools, vast amounts of energy are expended moving water to hilltop lakes, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spudguy's national animal is the Synalpheus pinkfloydi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Spudguy is ranked 7,213^th in the world and 148^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,916.98 pounds of wildlife per square mile.