The Federation of The Scandic Union is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and hatred of cheese. The cynical, devout population of 255 million Scandic Unionians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 47.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Scandic Unionian economy, worth 13.4 trillion RSKS 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. 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 52,404 RSKS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The sun now sets on the Scandic Unionian Empire, pet owners must make a payment if their charges leave a deposit, it's rare to find an unchewed pencil, and kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Scandic Union's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Scandic Union is ranked 61,809^th in the world and 565^th in the West Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 30.06 kickbacks per hour.