The Democratic Republic of Scyne is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 360 million Scyneans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Far. The average income tax rate is 56.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Scynean economy, worth 32.6 trillion Manas a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,573 Manas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans, fashion models are guaranteed to be 100% genuinely as anorexic as they appear on magazine covers, it is believed that belligerence is a passing phase foreign leaders will soon outgrow, and replacement organs are grown in vats. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scyne's national animal is the Pangolin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Scyne is ranked 11,901^st in the world and 278^th in Europe for Nicest Citizens, with 28.53 average smiles per day.