The Soaring Dragonate of Skydragonia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Leader Arkacia with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 47.661 billion Skydragonians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Buranda. The average income tax rate is 80.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Skydragonian economy, worth a remarkable 5,771 trillion talons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 121,095 talons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Large sections of Skydragonia have been named national reserves to protect the native tribes living there, the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Skydragonia after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, nations that kill a Skydragonian can expect a strongly worded letter, and atheistic refugees haven't got a prayer of being granted asylum. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skydragonia's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is gaiaism.

Skydragonia is ranked 31,319^th in the world and 5^th in Dragon Lair for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 245.44 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.