The Benevolent Dictatorship of Scarlet Veil is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Director Ideal self with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working population of 2.682 billion Luminarians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Griffin City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.1%.

The strong Scarlet Veilian economy, worth 171 trillion MC Merit credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 63,866 MC Merit credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 215,383 per year while the poor average 14,020, a ratio of 15.4 to 1.

The fastest growing demographic of porn viewership is twelve to seventeen, the tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists, the government is proud to report that ten percent of all tax revenue goes to funding suspected terrorist organizations, and arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scarlet Veil's national animal is the Whale, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is The Cold Side of the Pillowism.

Scarlet Veil is ranked 119,732^nd in the world and 60^th in Albastru for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,315.53 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.