The Democratic Republic of Sklobia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Ayefes Ptongueski with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.109 billion Sklobians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mintytown. The average income tax rate is 75.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sklobian economy, worth 416 trillion exahella quid a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,415 exahella quid, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Romantic sunsets are no longer interrupted by explosions and monstrous roars, the government's giant servers are often used as a tourist trap, talkative students are escorted from schools in second-hand prison buses, and national parks have long lines of different gender-specific 'Porta-Pottys'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sklobia's national animal is the crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Babassery.

Sklobia is ranked 9,891^st in the world and 4^th in Pulseland for Safest, scoring 121.41 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.