The United Socialist States of Span is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by M Shobacus Maz with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 39.338 billion Spanners hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maz. The average income tax rate is 88.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Spanner economy, worth an astonishing 10,402 trillion spannies a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism. Average income is an amazing 264,438 spannies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Baby dolls thrown in the trash are a leading cause of panic attacks, hospitals have poor data security but send lots of bodies to be encrypted, third world countries are rich in "I Love Maz" t-shirts, and a degree in M Shobacus Maz Science with a Minor in Awesomeology starts many political careers. Crime is totally unknown. Span's national animal is the donkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Span is ranked 5,295^th in the world and 266^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 14,108.47 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.