The Dominion of Sunset Skies is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.778 billion Sunset Skiesians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 55.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Sunset Skiesian economy, worth 81.4 trillion BitCreds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 29,318 BitCreds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Universities spend millions cultivating ivy on their buildings, the government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping, toy versions of heroin paraphernalia let kids pretend to be their favourite TV characters, and country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sunset Skies's national animal is the Hummingbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sunset Skies is ranked 16,476^th in the world and 272^nd in the West Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 24.52 average smiles per day.