The Democratic States of Succulent Plant 8 is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, frequent executions, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 746 million Succulent Plant 8ians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Healthcare, and Welfare also on the agenda, while International Aid and Social Policy aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.4%.

The strong Succulent Plant 8ian economy, worth 36.0 trillion baht a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is 48,198 baht, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 289,553 per year while the poor average 3,625, a ratio of 79.9 to 1.

The might of the entire Succulent Plant 8ian Navy is focused on fifty bemused spear-throwing islanders, the government makes bereaved siblings into bereaved orphans, some of the country's most famous photographers are animals, and endangered species are effective hostages against the Succulent Plant 8ian military. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Succulent Plant 8's national animal is the cow.

Succulent Plant 8 is ranked 106,302^nd in the world and 1,597^th in Artificial Solar System for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 3,601.26 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.