The Republic of SCUBA Trooper 20 is a massive, safe nation, notable for its closed borders, digital currency, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 1.425 billion SCUBA Trooper 20ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 52.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient SCUBA Trooper 20ian economy, worth 45.4 trillion Credits a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,868 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Election ballot papers are so long that unused ones are recycled as toilet roll, small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants, almost all products in SCUBA Trooper 20 are hand-crafted due to strict employment laws, and the "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SCUBA Trooper 20's national animal is the Droid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

SCUBA Trooper 20 is ranked 132,840^th in the world and 2,077^th in eta for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,434.04 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.