The Oppressed Peoples of Squidward Q Tentacles is a titanic, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 11.963 billion Squidward Q Tentaclesians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 45.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Squidward Q Tentaclesian economy, worth 142 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 11,943 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation is compulsory, Harry Potter books are banned, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and a PhD just ain't what it used to be. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Squidward Q Tentacles's national animal is the sponge.

Squidward Q Tentacles is ranked 238,206^th in the world and 2,387^th in The catholic military orders for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 34.64 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.