The Empire of Lord Scan is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its compulsory military service, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 16.861 billion Lord Scanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 15.4%.

The strong Lord Scanian economy, worth 817 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Soda Sales. Average income is 48,484 Marks, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Lord Scan's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lord Scan is ranked 58,633^rd in the world and 1^st in THE VEDIGOTHIC IMPERIUM for Most Corrupt Governments, with 31.2 kickbacks per hour.