The Free Land of SPAMTON 1997 is a huge, pleasant nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, absence of drug laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 688 million NUMBER 2 SALESMEN have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cyber City. The average income tax rate is 13.8%.

The sizeable but inefficient NUMBER 2 SALESMAN economy, worth 30.8 trillion Kromers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,754 Kromers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

The saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work", police are arresting costumed characters at comic book conventions, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, and military officials are questioning the policy of ceding the nation's territory in exchange for promises not to invade it. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. SPAMTON 1997's national animal is the Poppup, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

SPAMTON 1997 is ranked 144,005^th in the world and 13^th in Microsoft 365 for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 38,578.78 Standard Monetary Units.