The Commonwealth of Schilage is a large, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 125 million Schilagians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 43.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Schilagean economy, worth 5.63 trillion aces a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Average income is 45,032 aces, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Celebrities sit helplessly as they are labeled "pompous womples" by Leader, pre-schoolers who draw stick figures of their favorite celebrities are sued for infringing image rights, workers have seized control of the economy, and vats of anabolic steroids are being dumped into the ocean to make Schilagean mussels the biggest in Solidarity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Schilage's national animal is the wombat, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Schilage is ranked 188,660^th in the world and 8^th in Solidarity for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 193.27 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.