The Dominion of Skodania is a small, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 36 million Skodanians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 71.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Skodanian economy, worth 1.39 trillion Experions 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 a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, and Pizza Delivery. 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 38,569 Experions, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Taxi drivers seem less xenophobic these days, every citizen sounds like a television news anchor, East Lebatuck tests its moon rovers in the barren wasteland of rural Skodania, and teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skodania's national animal is the Mongoose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Skodania is ranked 31,936^th in the world and 306^th in 10000 Islands for Safest, scoring 108.48 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.