The Sultanate of Screams of Agony 12 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and exploding hoverboards. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 3.919 billion Screams of Agony 12ians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 15.2%.

The strong Screams of Agony 12ian economy, worth 178 trillion kronor a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 45,452 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Many politicians are serving jail time for minor drug offenses, the nation's once beautiful countryside has turned brown as farmers spray potent pesticides, cheating spouses are required to undergo job training, and cars are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Screams of Agony 12's national animal is the porpoise, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Screams of Agony 12 is ranked 165,541^st in the world and 2,010^th in Artificial Solar System for Lowest Crime Rates, with 59.67 law-abiding acts per hour.