The Haugen Matriarchy of St Scarlett is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Misty Rygg with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, cheerful population of 18.306 billion Skarlagens 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rubin. The average income tax rate is 74.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Skarlagen economy, worth a remarkable 2,778 trillion Vixes 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 Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 151,755 Vixes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There are increasing complaints that male AI assistants have aggressive voices, a breakdown in Westphalian sovereignty has left political scientists dazed and confused, music award shows include surprise polygraph segments, and weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. St Scarlett's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Skarlagen Catholicism.

St Scarlett is ranked 133,274^th in the world and 344^th in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 788.69 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.