The Necropolis of Skull Isle is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Lord Skull with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, complete lack of prisons, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.69 billion skeletons 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bittermire. The average income tax rate is 93.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient skeleton economy, worth a remarkable 1,219 trillion cursed coins 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, 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 an amazing 260,103 cursed coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Bombs are permitted on planes for the 'security of the passengers', reddish-brown is the new black, there's a lot of babies crying for milk in the middle of the day, and royalist is the most offensive slur in the skeleton language. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skull Isle's national animal is the bone dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Holy Skull.

Skull Isle is ranked 291,471^st in the world and 233^rd in Refugia for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -7.75 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.