The Community of The Cen Sprue is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 111 million Sprueski enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Censki economy, worth 2.72 trillion bonds 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 Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 24,488 bonds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Incarcerated crime lords manage their empires from massage tables, smoking is banned in public areas, everyone wants to be on the guest list for diplomatic parties, and unwary hikers climbing the bluffs of Mount The Cen Sprue City make great practice for foreign snipers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Cen Sprue's national animal is the honeybee, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Cen Sprue is ranked 297,280^th in the world and 4,839^th in The East Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 24,488.28 Standard Monetary Units.