The Democratic Minion's Republic of The Haughtherlands is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Supreme Sponge Joseth Spongister with an even hand, and remarkable for its teetotalling pirates, smutty television, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate population of 11.497 billion Theditch 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liquorice Lagoon. The average income tax rate is 93.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Theditch economy, worth a remarkable 1,174 trillion Sponge Sterlings a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 102,194 Sponge Sterlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Convicted murderers are free to walk the streets provided they attend rehabilitation classes, cash-strapped politicians frequently host bake sales to fund their campaigns, doctors accused of having no heart reply that cardiology isn't their speciality, and the Theditch basket weaving sector is on the brink of collapse as cheap imports flood the market. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Haughtherlands's national animal is the Kitchen Sponge, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Spongism.

The Haughtherlands is ranked 19,144^th in the world and 406^th in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 87.07 on the Human Development Index.