The Socialist Soviet Republics of New Sparkia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by The Grand Soviet Council with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, devout population of 2.298 billion Sparkian's are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Friesland. The average income tax rate is 73.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Sparkian economy, worth 212 trillion Social Scores 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 Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Trout Farming. Average income is 92,670 Social Scores, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's diplomats shake hands with those whose hands are drenched in the blood of innocents, cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them, children are sent to either religious or secular schools, and there is an abondance of ackawi and zartschmelzend in every New Sparkian grocery store. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Sparkia's national animal is the Tyrannosaurus rex, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is First century Christianity.

New Sparkia is ranked 35,370^th in the world and 36^th in World Republic for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 821.22 on the Clooney Contribution Index.