The Socialist Paradise of Spruce is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Thomas O'Leary with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 1.799 billion Spruceans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hivetown. The average income tax rate is 92.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sprucean economy, worth 260 trillion hearts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 144,563 hearts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Immigrants who carry knives on them are presumed to be chefs, the Snapgram channel "Embarrassing Baby Thomas O'Leary Pics" has made Thomas O'Leary's mom a celebrity, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, and ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spruce's national animal is the honey bee, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Spruce is ranked 6,094^th in the world and 128^th in Europe for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 58.65 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.