The Haugen Matriarchy of St Scarlett is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Hans Selberg with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 2.87 billion Skarlagens enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rubin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Skarlagen economy, worth 449 trillion Vixes a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 156,678 Vixes, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

Police officers catch up on their paperwork while handing their caseload to PIs, saying "don't do anything that Hans Selberg wouldn't do" doesn't exclude a great deal, statistics show that terrorists often come from broken families, and the government is more interested in identifying problems than fixing them. 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 10,519^th in the world and 184^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,446.68 Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile.