The Republic of Speke is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Andrzej Szymanski with an even hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, pith helmet sales, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 13.95 billion Spekeans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sczesczołyszyn. The average income tax rate is 84.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Spekean economy, worth a remarkable 1,547 trillion Sekineks a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,929 Sekineks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pieces of iron pyrite are believed to be worth their weight in gold, code enforcement officers circle wealthy Spekeans like vultures, it's a hard-knock life for the orphans doing factory work for a pittance, and most ambassadors from Speke retire only a few years after being appointed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Speke's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Speke is ranked 230,561^st in the world and 53^rd in Anteria for Largest Black Market, with 285 billion Standard Monetary Units.