The People's Republic of Skoy is a large, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 96 million Skoyians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.4%.

The thriving Skoyian economy, worth 7.24 trillion Stoks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 75,411 Stoks, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

The nation was recently voted as the most stylish in Lands End, new government leaflets tell coeliac children to eat more crisps, children regularly take part in blood sports that result in extreme boo-boos, and Eckie-Ecola has declared that their soda poop is The Real Thing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skoy's national animal is the Okapia johnstoni, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Skoy is ranked 140,909^th in the world and 115^th in Lands End for Lowest Crime Rates, with 61.88 law-abiding acts per hour.