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The Cashier and Waiter of -Squidward Tentacles- is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Squidward Tentacles with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 10.603 billion Squid Tentacles are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Bikini Bottom. The average income tax rate is 89.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Squid Tentacle economy, worth 746 trillion $ Sand Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 70,386 $ Sand Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, bad punctuation has come to a full stop, Squidward Tentacles can often be found attempting to coax random citizens' cats down from trees, and religious education is a new government priority. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Squidward Tentacles-'s national animal is the Squid, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Cult of Freedom.

-Squidward Tentacles- is ranked 17,272^nd in the world and 13^th in Sulawesi for Most Cultured, scoring 92 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.