The Commonwealth of Scroplia is a huge, genial nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 505 million Scroplians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Smalta. The average income tax rate is 62.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Scroplian economy, worth 49.7 trillion Crejsis a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,412 Crejsis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Little League matches are often attended by riot police with water cannon... just in case, the nation is infamous for its mass graves of discarded robots, children fear compulsory visits to their spiritual advisors more than the dentist, and the Scroplian delegation to the World Assembly is having a hard time convincing people that international law will "pay for itself somehow...". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scroplia's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Scroplia is ranked 34,926^th in the world and 1,603^rd in The North Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 44.75 quips per hour.