The Colony of Mud skippers is a small, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 36 million Mudskippers are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Defense, and Healthcare also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 58.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Mud skippersian economy, worth 674 billion Sand Dolla Dollas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 18,743 Sand Dolla Dollas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the government is hounded to provide tissues whenever the feelings of the Dàguó people are hurt, and it is illegal to make racist remarks in public. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mud skippers's national animal is the Mudskipper, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mud skippers is ranked 155,254^th in the world and 3^rd in Tera Marina for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 377.08 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.