The Republic of Skynavian Communes is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 598 million Skynavians 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Skynavia. The average income tax rate is 81.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Skynavian economy, worth 45.5 trillion copper lilieses 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 76,019 copper lilieses, 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, school lessons are constantly interrupted by 'teacher needs a break' time, anti-government web sites are springing up, and psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Leader to meetings with foreign heads of state. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skynavian Communes's national animal is the steel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Skynavian Communes is ranked 27,660^th in the world and 93^rd in Refugia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 84.26 law-abiding acts per hour.