The Socialist Paradise of Spruce is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Thomas O'Leary with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.747 billion Spruceans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hivetown. The average income tax rate is 93.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sprucean economy, worth 254 trillion hearts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 145,929 hearts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Some Sprucean athletes have defected to Blackacre after being denied the chance to compete in international sporting events, social networking sites have discussion groups devoted to planning terrorist attacks, ten-year-olds regularly found their own political parties, and the SBI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spruce's national animal is the honey bee, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Spruce is ranked 282,811^th in the world and 1,320^th in Europe for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -12.49 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.