The United Commonwealths of Scytharum is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Romanus II with an even hand, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 6.217 billion Scythians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Healthcare, Education, and Defense are also considered important, while Social Policy isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aureus. The average income tax rate is 35.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Scythian economy, worth 985 trillion Aurums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 158,436 Aurums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Snitches get riches, collisions between bicycles and carnival floats are on the rise, the government is washing its hands of alleged corruption, and undergrads find their professors' mushroom experiments less psychedelic than expected. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Scytharum's national animal is the Jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Scytharum is ranked 18,997^th in the world and 297^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 288.44 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.