The Republic of Speke is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Andrzej Szymanski with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, smutty television, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 8.843 billion Spekes enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sczesczołiszin. The average income tax rate is 84.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Speke economy, worth 950 trillion Pounds a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 107,533 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Speke novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Andrzej Szymanski, politicians are often found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, no one born in Speke can fix a leaky faucet, and veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Speke's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Speke is ranked 25,276^th in the world and 24^th in Anteria for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,280.83 on the Gilded Widget Scale.