The Independant State of Sophisticated horrors is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Howard Phillip Lovecraft with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, otherworldly petting zoo, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 28.157 billion dreadful nightmares are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of R´lyeh. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient dreadful nightmarish economy, worth a remarkable 6,627 trillion innocent victims 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an amazing 235,385 innocent victims, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions, advertisements for jobs in the sciences run in fashion magazines, Jack Russells have proven to be terrible spies, and scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sophisticated horrors's national animal is the cthulhu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is none.

Sophisticated horrors is ranked 1,211^th in the world and 4^th in Greifenreservat for Lowest Crime Rates, with 163.78 law-abiding acts per hour.