The Stern Skulls of Spooky0 is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, state-planned economy, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed population of 9.514 billion Spooky0ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 43.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Spooky0ian economy, worth 320 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 33,702 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation wears its high incidence of chromosomal diseases as a badge of pride, the national anthem is a rather effective sleeping aid, lonely people are supposed to be cheered up by the many parties that they are never invited to, and Leader's handshakes with opposition leaders usually lead to thumb wars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spooky0's national animal is the elephant.

Spooky0 is ranked 106,720^th in the world and 27^th in Pallaith for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.08 law-abiding acts per hour.