The Colony of Black Spruce Islands is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 21.188 billion Black Spruce Islandsians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 38.1%.

The Black Spruce Islandsian economy, worth 925 trillion lire a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,702 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Waste is frequently shipped to other countries, a major religion has been named as Black Spruce Islands's national religion, Leader has just been declared ruler of Black Spruce Islands in an international press conference, and Black Spruce Islands has designated Black Spruce Islands City as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Black Spruce Islands's national animal is the black spruce tree, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Black Spruce Islands is ranked 182,801^st in the world and 2^nd in Northwest Isles for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring zero on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.