The Grand Admiral of Skivan Fleet Commander is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Captain with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, ban on automobiles, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 4.782 billion Fleet Commanders 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 medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Commander's Quarters. The average income tax rate is 31.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Skivan economy, worth 181 trillion Plunders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 37,879 Plunders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road, both vegetables and viruses are often smuggled across the border, and basket-weaving is the nation's latest fad. Crime is relatively low. Skivan Fleet Commander's national animal is the Parrot, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Almighty Ship's Cat.

Skivan Fleet Commander is ranked 15,632^nd in the world and 1^st in Skivan Fleet for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 3 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.