The Commonwealth of Skion is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 329 million Skiandics are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atheicentral. The average income tax rate is 73.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Skionian economy, worth 18.0 trillion kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 54,658 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Residents of houses built on a foundation of wishful thinking are prone to an odd sinking feeling, graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation', anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, and torture is illegal. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skion's national animal is the Rusty-Spotted Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Skion is ranked 28,549^th in the world and 296^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,741.97 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.