The Yahlia Fan of St Scarlett is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Astrid Haugen with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, pith helmet sales, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 5.278 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 59.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Skarlagen economy, worth 808 trillion Vixes a year, is 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 153,186 Vixes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Criminals always seem to be forewarned of police raids, Astrid Haugen's power is effectively nullified as no bill becomes law without the upper house's support, minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments, and grinning punters say that casino roulette is the greatest high that life has to offer. 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 11,004^th in the world and 179^th in Europe for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 25,266.32 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.