The Commonwealth of Spouse Islands is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, ubiquitous missile silos, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, devout population of 645 million Spouse Islandsians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.0%.

The very strong Spouse Islandsian economy, worth 58.0 trillion Island Talers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,916 Island Talers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 298,718 per year while the poor average 20,186, a ratio of 14.8 to 1.

Business is adjusting to new gender equality policies in the workplace, citizens can freely debate whether Leader is a great leader or the greatest leader, politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes, and artists from across the nation compete to renovate the restrooms of old government buildings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spouse Islands's national animal is the Cow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Spouse Islands is ranked 269,900^th in the world and 13^th in Seas for Safest, scoring 19.79 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.