The Republic of Sketonscoth is a huge, genial nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 614 million Sketonscothians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 30.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Sketonscothian economy, worth 23.4 trillion florins a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,075 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fishermen take out second mortgages to afford the yearly fishing permit, the army lures cannon fodder with promises of a college education, every citizen sounds like a television news anchor, and the dartboard at the Sketonscothian Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of Leader's face. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sketonscoth's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sketonscoth is ranked 110,486^th in the world and 39^th in Liberal Democratic Union for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,013.75 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.