The Commonwealth of Scandivielium is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 299 million Scandivites are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Taumblium. The average income tax rate is 72.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Scandivieliumian economy, worth 18.5 trillion SKS a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,750 SKS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals, there's never enough space in space, sailors spend their shore leave helping old ladies cross the street, and sex education has become an intricate maze of stick figures and complex metaphors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scandivielium's national animal is the Scandivite Elk, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Scandivielium is ranked 8,159^th in the world and 232^nd in The East Pacific for Safest, scoring 123.9 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.