The Protectorate of Screeland is a colossal, socially progressive nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 8.354 billion Screelandians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 60.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Screelandian economy, worth 222 trillion Js a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,655 Js, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The national security service are a bunch of crooks, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions, and sullen teenagers in bright orange 'community payback' onesies can be seen picking litter at the roadside. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Screeland's national animal is the Magellanic penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Screeland is ranked 221,263^rd in the world and 277^th in Midnight Vale for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 25.17 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.