The Democratic Republic of East Scoth is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, otherworldly petting zoo, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 923 million East Scothians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haelm. The average income tax rate is 79.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient East Scothian economy, worth 119 trillion labour notes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 129,767 labour notes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anti-government web sites are springing up, government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read, group hugs break out during floor votes, and East Scothian watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Scoth's national animal is the kangaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

East Scoth is ranked 8,689^th in the world and 134^th in The Leftist Assembly for Nicest Citizens, with 36.05 average smiles per day.