The Timbered Parliament of Psiloscops is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by an Owl with an even hand, and renowned for its teetotalling pirates, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 3.101 billion Psiloscops are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kournia. The average income tax rate is 94.8%.

The all-consuming Psiloscopsian economy, worth 375 trillion Barrings a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 121,111 Barrings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Exiles see that the line where the sky meets the sea is just clouds and rain, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, An Owl is considering changing the Psiloscopsian flag to one with more glitter, and the comic book series 'An Owl and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Psiloscops's national animal is the Flammulated Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Psiloscops is ranked 17,288^th in the world and 312^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 87.59 on the Human Development Index.