The Empire of Sciency Advancement is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Keftan with a fair hand, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, rampant corporate plagiarism, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 9.834 billion Sciency Advances hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Industry, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scientific Progress. The average income tax rate is 55.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sciency economy, worth a remarkable 2,775 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 282,197 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hordes of tourists are ruining the environment, the aphorism "there's no need to argue" has been dismissed by Sciency Advances, Sciency Advancement's soft-touch approach to diplomacy has made it known as the 'push-over' of the region, and police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Sciency Advancement's national animal is the Dogoo.

Sciency Advancement is ranked 3,996^th in the world and 140^th in The North Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 125,295.9 Standard Monetary Units.