The People's Collective of Sphinxatopd is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Evil Sethoss with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, infamous sell-swords, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.863 billion Sphinxatopians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sphinxatopd City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Sphinxatopdian economy, worth a remarkable 2,851 trillion Curas 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 221,648 Curas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, promising seven years of bad luck leads to seven years of community service, government expenses are beyond compare, and children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sphinxatopd's national animal is the Domestic Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Church of Collective Consciousnesses.

Sphinxatopd is ranked 2,130^th in the world and 79^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 142.35 law-abiding acts per hour.