The Ghostly Quartet of Spooky39 is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, enslaved workforce, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 16.312 billion Spooky39ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Healthcare, and Education also on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.5%.

The powerhouse Spooky39ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,583 trillion Shiny Green Things a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Book Publishing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 97,078 Shiny Green Things, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 406,754 per year while the poor average 15,079, a ratio of 27.0 to 1.

The government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', black market eau de toilette is made in bathroom labs across the nation, the police double as repo men, and it is considered unpatriotic to learn a foreign language. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spooky39's national animal is the Cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Spooky39 is ranked 51,815^th in the world and 9^th in Pallaith for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,089.44 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.