The People's Republic of 8th Maintenance Crew is a mammoth, pleasant nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 6.77 billion 8th Maintenance Crewians enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.1%.

The strong 8th Maintenance Crewian economy, worth 322 trillion qeks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Book Publishing. Average income is 47,664 qeks, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 261,805 per year while the poor average 4,410, a ratio of 59.4 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. 8th Maintenance Crew's national animal is the qek, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

8th Maintenance Crew is ranked 240,824^th in the world and 1^st in The Phantom Vanguard for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 120.21 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.