The Constitutional Monarchy of SPHRANTZES is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Constantine XII Paleologos Dragases with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 14.324 billion SPHRANTZESians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lynx. The average income tax rate is 96.2%.

The frighteningly efficient SPHRANTZESian economy, worth a remarkable 3,376 trillion LEI a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 235,732 LEI, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Internet ads promising "hot singles in your area" are even less accurate than they used to be, factories are regularly demolished to make way for low-cost housing areas, houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries, and suburban residents are told not to panic while hitchhikers swarm their neighborhoods. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SPHRANTZES's national animal is the Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Byzantyne Orthodox.

SPHRANTZES is ranked 7,625^th in the world and 2^nd in THE W0RLD for Highest Average Incomes, with 235,732.13 Standard Monetary Units.