The Ace of Spades is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, infamous sell-swords, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 28.223 billion Spadesians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spades City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Spadesian economy, worth a remarkable 4,600 trillion Tens a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Gambling, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 162,997 Tens, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 612,613 per year while the poor average 30,274, a ratio of 20.2 to 1.

The nation has declared war on all passing comets, Bigtopian relations have become a minefield, looting and pillaging are now considered vital intelligence-gathering activities, and foreign governments are looking into weaponizing the infamous Spadesian bee. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Spades's national animal is the King, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Spades is ranked 331,085^th in the world and 7^th in Cards for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -30.33 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.