The Federal Republic of Scadvalia is a small, safe nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 32 million Scadvalians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 53.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Scadvalian economy, worth 670 billion EurAsios a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 20,950 EurAsios , and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scadvalia's national animal is the Nurse Shark.

Scadvalia is ranked 164,555^th in the world and 2,362^nd in The East Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 966.47 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.