The Not-So-Imperial Union of The Imperial Union of Scandinavia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Niklas Haraldsson with an iron fist, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, compulsory military service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 12.434 billion Scandinavians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stockholm. The average income tax rate is 88.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Scandinavian economy, worth a remarkable 2,980 trillion Kronor a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 239,700 Kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Home renovation projects take decades to complete, travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, thieves find battery shops juicier targets than banks, and every citizen sounds like a television news anchor. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Imperial Union of Scandinavia's national animal is the Brown Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Norse Paganism.

The Imperial Union of Scandinavia is ranked 281,154^th in the world and 10,457^th in Osiris for Most Primitive, scoring -361.41 on the Scary Big Number Scale.