Bikini Bottom

Bikini Bottom, formerly Dead Eye Gulch, is the main setting in SpongeBob SquarePants and is home to all of the characters related to the series. The population is 538 (as seen in What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?) but, its population leveled up to 1,000 as time passed. But the urban/metro area (including Jellyfish Fields) has a population of over 4 million. The city consists of various businesses, including restaurants, stores, and manufacturers. The city has a stable economy, a balanced education system, questionable health care (as seen in The Lost Mattress) and labor laws, a structured government, and a firm law enforcement system. There are even stadiums, amusement parks, and other recreational facilities. Bikini Bottom first was mentioned in the episode Plankton! but first appeared in the episode Help Wanted. The citizens of Bikini Bottom live in mostly aquatic-themed buildings, and use "boatmobiles", an amalgamation of cars and boats, as a mode of transportation.