The United Socialist States of Outer Scotiotland is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Supreme Leader Hynds with an iron fist, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, otherworldly petting zoo, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.602 billion Outer Scotiotlandians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Outer Scotiotland City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 90.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Outer Scotiotlandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,246 trillion Scottish Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 222,500 Scottish Pounds, with the richest citizens earning 7.6 times as much as the poorest.

People think "siege mentality" is a positive trait, there's a lot of mouth-breathers about these days, couples wishing to marry spend months at the circus trying to learn acrobatics, and hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Outer Scotiotland's national animal is the Unicorn, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Hyndsism.

Outer Scotiotland is ranked 292,229^th in the world and 3,876^th in the West Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 0.15 average smiles per day.