The Republic of Skovdeland is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 315 million Skovdelandians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, well-organized government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Defense, and Law & Order also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Skovdelandian economy, worth 29.3 trillion SEKS a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 93,023 SEKS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, and CEOs are forced to cut coupons during important conference calls to make ends meet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skovdeland's national animal is the Moose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Skovdeland is ranked 212,564^th in the world and 265^th in Morpheus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.