The Most Serene Republic of Scelentine is a small, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 26 million Scelentineans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 39.1%.

The strong Scelentinean economy, worth 1.31 trillion Czeks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 50,500 Czeks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, military spending recently hit a new high, and poets and writers are regularly rounded up and shot for entertainment. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scelentine's national animal is the Alpaca, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Scelentine is ranked 87,306^th in the world and 203^rd in Horizon for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,505.81 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.