The Colony of Sikol is a titanic, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 13.912 billion Sikolians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sikole. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Sikolian economy, worth 961 trillion acorns a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,083 acorns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Sikol Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, nudity is frowned upon, blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love, and doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sikol's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sikol is ranked 6,674^th in the world and 270^th in The North Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 14,831.09 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.