The Democratic Minion's Republic of The Haughtherlands is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Supreme Sponge Joseth Spongister with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.466 billion Theditches enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous 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 88.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Haughtherlandsian economy, worth 230 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 led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 93,576 Sponge Sterlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sections of the police receive paramilitary training, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, patriotic citizens chant "there's only one The Haughtherlands" at foreigners, and kids laugh off vandalism and arson as "just fun". 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 6,764^th in the world and 236^th in the South Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 94.82 percentage of bribes refused.