The Republic of Schion is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 767 million Schionians 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Schionian economy, worth 54.9 trillion marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,519 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When their backs are against the walls Schionians look out for gay men, every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, the police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, and political activists are routinely executed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Schion's national animal is the Koala, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Schion is ranked 116,228^th in the world and 510^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Stationary, with 136.52718345588 days.