The Commonwealth of Scandivielium is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 331 million Scandivites are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Taumblium. The average income tax rate is 74.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Scandivieliumian economy, worth 21.1 trillion SKS a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,785 SKS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The tinfoil-hat crowd also recommend tinfoil wallets, the country has unplugged its internet connection to prevent subversive content, the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop, and teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scandivielium's national animal is the Scandivite Elk, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Scandivielium is ranked 75,362^nd in the world and 1,348^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 103.11 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.