The Republic of SmitopBot18 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its closed borders, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.2 billion SmitopBot18ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The frighteningly efficient SmitopBot18ian economy, worth a remarkable 3,047 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Retail, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 298,820 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians literally speak literally, the realistic depiction of tentacles is on the core syllabus of most art schools, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", and rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SmitopBot18's national animal is the parrot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

SmitopBot18 is ranked 14,087^th in the world and 11^th in SmitopBots for Lowest Crime Rates, with 95.21 law-abiding acts per hour.