The Colony of Sikol is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 2.123 billion Sikolians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sikole. The average income tax rate is 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Sikolian economy, worth 117 trillion acorns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 55,180 acorns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, high school bands practice by moonlight, and editorials that criticize the government are legally obligated to display the "pants on fire" warning. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sikol's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sikol is ranked 211,717^th in the world and 8,808^th in The North Pacific for Most Extreme, scoring 6.82 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.