The Democratic Republic of Scarmou is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 470 million Scarmouans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 54.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Scarmouan economy, worth 16.6 trillion Meldas a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,313 Meldas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance, Mr Happy's Funland has just been named Scarmou's new capital, and there's nothing more gay than bleeding for your nation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scarmou's national animal is the Rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Scarmou is ranked 303,793^rd in the world and 277^th in Karma for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -8.83 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.