The Empire of Scus Dom is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Charlotte Ahmed with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.421 billion Scus domians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scutopia. The average income tax rate is 51.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Scus Domian economy, worth 937 trillion Domen 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 a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. 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 an impressive 172,859 Domen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government is spending millions on 'trust campaigns' in an effort to win back the public's support, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, high school bands practice by moonlight, and the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scus Dom's national animal is the Blue falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Followers of the one true falcon.

Scus Dom is ranked 13,341^st in the world and 5^th in Merciam for Lowest Crime Rates, with 96.07 law-abiding acts per hour.