The Federal Republic of Scanorama is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Matilda Hortensia with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, national health service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 26.036 billion Scanos live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Education, with Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Connemara. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Scanos economy, worth a remarkable 9,643 trillion Paragons a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 370,381 Paragons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The country behaves just like a group of independent provinces all stacked up under a trench coat, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, Loud Patriotic Music Day has been ranked the seventh best new holiday of the year, and the internal market is thriving. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Scanorama's national animal is the Thunderbird, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Scanorama is ranked 285,615^th in the world and 419^th in Nordic Lands for Safest, scoring 3.06 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.