The Empire of Scratch Nations is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.117 billion Scratch Nationsians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.9%.

The strong Scratch Nationsian economy, worth 55.9 trillion Gelds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, and Trout Farming. Average income is 50,005 Gelds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 322,286 per year while the poor average 3,134, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Scratch Nations's national animal is the Wolf, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Scratch Nations is ranked 210,369^th in the world and 2^nd in Scratch Nations for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2.83 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.