The Most Serene Republic of Scafell Pike is a titanic, orderly nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, avowedly heterosexual populace, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 19.351 billion Scafell Pikeans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 52.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Scafell Pikean economy, worth a remarkable 1,638 trillion sheep 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. 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 84,671 sheep, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Scenic tours are unheard of after most environmental laws were abolished, brain injury is seen as a desirable outcome rather than a side effect of contact sports, weapons are only sold to foreign governments that are legitimate enough to not bounce the cheque, and the government maintains a Department of Skulduggery. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scafell Pike's national animal is the sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Scafell Pike is ranked 327,340^th in the world and 4^th in Water for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -14.31 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.