The United States of Sken Fog is a massive, genial nation, notable for its vat-grown people, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 2.262 billion Sken Fogians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.4%.

The Sken Fogian economy, worth 105 trillion silver ingots a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,648 silver ingots, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm, fighter pilots crash out of the air after failing to understand their foreign instruction manuals, and a National Academy regulates grammar and usage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sken Fog's national animal is the white raven, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Sken Fog is ranked 204,413^th in the world and 20^th in Temple of Fortune for Most Beautiful Environments, with 444.9 pounds of wildlife per square mile.