The Incorporated Colonial Tribes of Scinan is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Government Services with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, parental licensing program, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 30.778 billion Scinans Subscriber hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, liberal, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Education, with Industry, Environment, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central. The average income tax rate is 5.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Scinan Subscribed economy, worth a remarkable 8,446 trillion government services a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 274,442 government services, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's most popular sport is sabotaging foreigners' hopes and dreams, would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, and there's a mortuary next to every Scinan Subscribed restaurant. Crime is totally unknown. Scinan's national animal is the prevaricat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is a government service.

Scinan is ranked 939^th in the world and 1^st in The Corner of No and Where for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 260,445.89 Standard Monetary Units.