The Allied States of Scroteberg is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Federal Council with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cheerful population of 3.534 billion Scrotebergers enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Herk Literis. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Scrotebergian economy, worth 554 trillion credits 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 156,827 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

School lockers are filled with fancy underwear, the media seems excessively interested in what the Federal Council is wearing this season, the nation is so apathetic that Scrotebergers can barely find the energy to bring new issues to the government, and one can wake up in Scroteberg and have breakfast in Bigtopia. Crime is totally unknown. Scroteberg's national animal is the goblin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Mohism with Khurramite Characteristics.

Scroteberg is ranked 19,443^rd in the world and 21^st in The Union of Democratic States for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 7,249.72 on the Gilded Widget Scale.