The Republic of Skynavian Communes is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic population of 682 million Skynavians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Skynavia. The average income tax rate is 81.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Skynavian economy, worth 52.4 trillion copper lilieses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 76,809 copper lilieses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teenagers performing appendectomies on their friends has become a popular schoolyard prank, internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, and the slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skynavian Communes's national animal is the steel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Skynavian Communes is ranked 16,251^st in the world and 127^th in Refugia for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,172.7 pounds of wildlife per square mile.