The Haugen Matriarchy of St Scarlett is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Astrid Haugen with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and daily referendums. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 4.834 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. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Skarlagen economy, worth 764 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 158,135 Vixes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 453,396 per year while the poor average 43,882, a ratio of 10.3 to 1.

Employers are keenest on employees who lack family values, a ban on robots in disguise has transformed the entertainment industry, Rubin Preparatory School for the Exceedingly Wealthy's basketball team is having a few off-years, and the nation's massive battleships are often mistaken for islands. 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 Roman Catholicism.

St Scarlett is ranked 9,070^th in the world and 167^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 90.4 on the Human Development Index.