The Haugen Matriarchy of St Scarlett is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Astrid Haugen and Kari Erland with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 6.249 billion Skarlagens enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rubin. The average income tax rate is 65.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Skarlagen economy, worth 949 trillion Vixes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 152,008 Vixes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

St Scarlett is building an army to protect its overseas territories, the seats at the back of the parliament are reserved for indigenous ministers, Formula One cars in St Scarlett boast 56 miles per gallon, and kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. St Scarlett's national animal is the Arctic Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Skarlagen Catholicism.

St Scarlett is ranked 28,646^th in the world and 131^st in Europe for Highest Drug Use, scoring 103.2 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.