The Balance of Skyvalid 5 is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by the Tender of the Fire with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.59 billion skywatchers are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Great Camp. The average income tax rate is 26.8%.

The skyesque economy, worth 173 trillion argots a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 48,330 argots, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend, war criminals are given full state funerals, textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, and the needs of the living outweigh the needs of the dead. Crime is moderate. Skyvalid 5's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Stellarism.

Skyvalid 5 is ranked 25,458^th in the world and 4^th in Warzone Trinidad for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 7,625.69 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.