The Constitutional Monarchy of Scandaland is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister Barnaby Wild with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, complete lack of prisons, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cheerful population of 44.488 billion Scandalandians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aldebaran. The average income tax rate is 99.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Scandalandian economy, worth a remarkable 9,058 trillion bigbucks a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 203,616 bigbucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces, the 'three Rs' have become the 'four Rs' with the addition of Rightful Thought, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", and autopsies often involve only cursory examination. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scandaland's national animal is the golden seahorse, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is none.

Scandaland is ranked 290,148^th in the world and 15^th in Free States of Gaia for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -25.18 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.