The Monarchical Principality of Skylight is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, daily referendums, and state-planned economy. The democratic population of 840 million Skylightians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Emerald City. The average income tax rate is 18.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Skylightian economy, worth 42.7 trillion Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 50,850 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The government's suggestions box is curiously empty these days, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, and government-sponsored WiFi allows farmers to rant about city folks in real time. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skylight's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Skylight is ranked 42,287^th in the world and 12^th in Mitteleuropa for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,157.95 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.