The Creepy Signal of Spectacular Optical is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Barry Convex with an iron fist, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, prohibition of alcohol, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.143 billion Viewers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pittsburgh. The average income tax rate is 89.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Spectacular Opticalian economy, worth a remarkable 1,732 trillion Video Tapes a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 189,524 Video Tapes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

People can often be seen driving to work in war-surplus tanks, Widow Twankey complains about being "cancelled", scenic tours are unheard of after most environmental laws were abolished, and the government is a proud sponsor of the National Gaming Association. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spectacular Optical's national animal is the Television, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is the Cathode Ray Mission.

Spectacular Optical is ranked 4,261^st in the world and 17^th in The Card Mine for Most Corrupt Governments, with 247.62 kickbacks per hour.