The Community of Scattered Desert is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by The Reader with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 5.526 billion Scattered Desertians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blaseball 0. The average income tax rate is 54.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Scattered Desertian economy, worth 160 trillion ----s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales. Average income is 28,989 ----s, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Reader has taken to wearing medal-adorned military uniform in all public appearances, they say that Scattered Desertians made a dessert and called it peace, most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, and everyone has the equal opportunity to have their wallet stolen. Crime is totally unknown. Scattered Desert's national animal is the t-mbl-w--d, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Scattered Desert is ranked 173,982^nd in the world and 6,678^th in Osiris for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 97.09 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.