The Dark Apprentices of Spooky21 is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Maul with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, aversion to nipples, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 16.377 billion Spooky21ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 33.1%.

The all-consuming Spooky21ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,474 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 90,044 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

The police double as repo men, an epidemic of unpopped kernels causes movie goers to gnash their teeth, chess defeat has made Maul the laughingstock of dictators and grandmasters alike, and demand for night vision goggles and boat engine mufflers has spiked. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spooky21's national animal is the Scorpion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Spooky21 is ranked 35,478^th in the world and 5^th in Pallaith for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 60,239.96 Standard Monetary Units.