The Republic of Skynidos is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Phoenix Astra with an even hand, and notable for its digital currency, soft-spoken computers, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 1.511 billion Skynidosians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caelumporta. The average income tax rate is 94.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Skynidosian economy, worth 200 trillion Skals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is an impressive 132,648 Skals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Schoolyard bullying has a tendency to escalate, government officials stay up all night in flame wars with their constituents, community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common, and a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skynidos's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Luminism.

Skynidos is ranked 259,088^th in the world and 91^st in Portugal for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -4 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.