The Timbered Parliament of Psiloscops is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by an Owl with an even hand, and notable for its national health service, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 3.354 billion Psiloscops enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

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 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Psiloscopsian economy, worth 434 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 significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 129,318 Barrings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path, if there's something strange in your neighborhood you call Brancaland, and it is illegal to have the wrong clock time showing on your microwave oven. 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 312,755^th in the world and 867^th in Europe for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring -24.45 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.