The Empire of Scrama is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Mikhal Shostakovich with an even hand, and notable for its public floggings, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 9.261 billion Scramanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Plaguria. The average income tax rate is 57.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Scraman economy, worth 665 trillion Scramanian Rubles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,913 Scramanian Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Movies depict muscle-bound women kicking down a titanium door to carry hysterical men to safety, small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants, gift baskets often contain working nukes, and no one is worried about government policies any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scrama's national animal is the double-headed eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Scrama is ranked 21,954^th in the world and 2^nd in Angels Encarmine for Nicest Citizens, with 22.05 average smiles per day.