The Timbered Parliament of Psiloscops is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by an Owl with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate population of 3.253 billion Psiloscops are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kournia. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Psiloscopsian economy, worth 411 trillion Barrings a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 126,461 Barrings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The national economy makes a whole lot of nothing, former planespotters are dusting off long-abandoned anoraks, the government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, and sermons are regularly interrupted by businessmen taking phone calls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Psiloscops's national animal is the Flammulated Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Psiloscops is ranked 326,447^th in the world and 770^th in Europe for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 19.2 on the Bus Surprisal Index.