The Gathering of The Skulls is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, complete lack of public education, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 24.841 billion Skulls 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 medium-sized, moralistic government is primarily concerned with Law & Order, with Industry and Defense also on the agenda, while Welfare and Public Transport are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skulltown. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.8%.

The very strong Skully economy, worth 767 trillion Skulls a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 30,910 Skulls, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Organ donation is compulsory, bicyclists are banned from major roads, the poor are quarantined in the inner cities to prevent criminals from entering the suburbs, and The Skulls has designated Skulltown as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Skulls's national animal is the zebra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Satanism.

The Skulls is ranked 101,727^th in the world and 1^st in HVC for Most Beautiful Environments, with 563.46 pounds of wildlife per square mile.