The Empire of The Potatopian Spans is a large, efficient nation, remarkable for its flagrant waste-dumping, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 172 million Potatopian Spansians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.0%.

The very strong Potatopian Spansian economy, worth 12.0 trillion guilders a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 70,017 guilders, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 303,184 per year while the poor average 10,276, a ratio of 29.5 to 1.

Citizens receive notices of disenfranchisement along with their parking tickets, beloved cartoon icon Mikkey Kabuto writhes after eating guilders, unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims, and public ferries only carry enough lifeboats for the first-class passengers. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Potatopian Spans's national animal is the kabuto.

The Potatopian Spans is ranked 206,408^th in the world and 3^rd in Twitchopia for Longest Average Lifespans, with 69.26 years.