The Empire of Scandrial is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by The Lord Conqueror with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, infamous sell-swords, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 15.341 billion Skaa are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Nexus of a Thousand Spires. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Skaa economy, worth an astonishing 10,078 trillion bitcoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 656,942 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Military spending is on the increase, the only Maxxmas gift frontline troops receive from officers is a bullet with the enemy's name on it, friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns, and billions of bitcoins are being blown on orbital weapons development. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scandrial's national animal is the crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Scandrial is ranked 315,180^th in the world and 5,193^rd in The East Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with zero Standard Monetary Units.