The Commonwealth of Skion is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 526 million Skiandics are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atheicentral. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Skionian economy, worth 33.7 trillion kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 64,157 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Keeping the lights on keeps the lights on for increasing amounts of Skiandics, the government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping, the government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds, and a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skion's national animal is the Rusty-Spotted Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Skion is ranked 19,282^nd in the world and 207^th in The Leftist Assembly for Smartest Citizens, with 69.4 quips per hour.