The People's Republic of Skija is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Mikołaj Kwiatkowski with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, absence of drug laws, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 2.035 billion Skijans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Katiana. The average income tax rate is 71.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Skijan economy, worth 182 trillion Koronkas a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,741 Koronkas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Skija recently hosted the least successful trade negotiations since The Phantom Menace, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, Skijan soldiers are assured their new ray-guns will finally power up after the next round of ominous chanting, and people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skija's national animal is the Skijan Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Majority - Roman Catholicism.

Skija is ranked 56,108^th in the world and 82^nd in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,532.19 on the Gilded Widget Scale.