The Grand Duchy of Spooks Basement is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Grand Duke Spook with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, public floggings, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-working, democratic population of 4.117 billion Spooks Basementians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Twitter City. The average income tax rate is 63.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Spooks Basementian economy, worth 653 trillion Rocks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 158,754 Rocks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A Eurth Tourist Association survey has rated Spooks Basement #1 for number twos, billions are being spent on a new island airport, the government is lending a hand to private industry, and cigarettes are dead-cheap. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Spooks Basement's national animal is the Rat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Spooks Basement is ranked 11,733^rd in the world and 26^th in Eurth for Most Cultured, scoring 112 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.