The Suicidal Residents of Lone Skum is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.252 billion Lone Skumians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of SKUM CHITTY. The average income tax rate is 41.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Lone Skumian economy, worth 132 trillion teslas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Trout Farming. Average income is 40,822 teslas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, jaywalking will put an end to a family tree, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, and toddler groups have taken over local libraries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lone Skum's national animal is the tesla, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lone Skum is ranked 102,156^th in the world and 2^nd in The 14th Dimension for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 865.5 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.