The State of Scane is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 13.343 billion Scaneans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.9%.

The strong Scanean economy, worth 792 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 59,382 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 185,858 per year while the poor average 14,550, a ratio of 12.8 to 1.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, the death penalty has been reintroduced, and Scane has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Scane's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Scane is ranked 140,042^nd in the world and 524^th in Ancient Lands for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.