The Republic of Skinks is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Lord Skinks with an even hand, and remarkable for its lack of airports, feral children, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate population of 9.116 billion Skinks 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reptile Canyon. The average income tax rate is 48.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Skinks economy, worth 399 trillion crickets a year, is quite specialized and led by the Soda Sales industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,750 crickets, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Copyright laws have been abolished, the nation refuses to discard its increasingly useless penny, kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history, and that which doesn't kill you can get you de-platformed. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skinks's national animal is the schneider's skink, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Skinks is ranked 170,818^th in the world and 60^th in Africa for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,565.05 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.