The Armed Republic of Scalesburg is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Rodney Osborne with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.416 billion Scalesburgians 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, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Administration, Industry, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of St Montclair. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Scalesburgian economy, worth a remarkable 2,825 trillion k-bucks 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. 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 a breathtaking 521,694 k-bucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

International collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Scalesburg, putting houses on stilts is elevating house porches and prices alike, graffiti graces every city's streets, and poverty is disloyal to the Motherland. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scalesburg's national animal is the wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Scalesburg is ranked 10,272^nd in the world and 4^th in Novus Lucidum for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,801.38 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.