The Independant State of Sophisticated horrors is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Howard Phillip Lovecraft with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 24.279 billion dreadful nightmares love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Environment, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of R´lyeh. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient dreadful nightmarish economy, worth a remarkable 4,481 trillion innocent victims a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 184,592 innocent victims, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave, professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials, the nation is stuck in permanent election mode as politicians demand constant do-overs, and group hugs break out during floor votes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sophisticated horrors's national animal is the cthulhu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is none.

Sophisticated horrors is ranked 1,829^th in the world and 3^rd in Greifenreservat for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 28,253.95 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.