The RnD Division of Spahman is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Airbus A350-1000 with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.381 billion Spahnians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spanana. The average income tax rate is 55.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Spahmanian economy, worth 443 trillion New Bingus Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 131,296 New Bingus Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, discarded pennies litter the streets, an extra hand on the leg will give a horse-and-a-half of lead in a hundred jiffies on seven furlongs, and patch v22.1705 - all developers are now paid for work. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spahman's national animal is the Kevin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Jeb.

Spahman is ranked 107,234^th in the world and 5^th in saphman group hug for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 1,807.9 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.