The Republic of -Scaramouche- is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, public floggings, and frequent executions. The cynical, devout population of 8.839 billion -Scaramouche-ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 51.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving -Scaramouche-ian economy, worth 659 trillion bolts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 74,664 bolts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government regrets to say that it is forced to make cuts to citizens, tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, and most believe it doesn't hurt to embrace free trade. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Scaramouche-'s national animal is the android, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Scaramouche- is ranked 29,959^th in the world and 6^th in Remembrance for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,670.9 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.