The Science People of Sholtan is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Dr Heinz Doofenschmirtz with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 5.193 billion Sholt are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Industry, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Techtopia. The average income tax rate is 57.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Sholtan economy, worth 511 trillion sholts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 98,516 sholts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour, a traveller who once stubbed a toe on an Air Brancaland flight has been offered asylum, the once prosperous capital is in utter decline, and it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sholtan's national animal is the Android Assistant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Scientific.

Sholtan is ranked 47,627^th in the world and 10^th in The Empires And Republics Of Power for Lowest Crime Rates, with 74.89 law-abiding acts per hour.