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The Monarchical Principality of Skylight is a huge, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and soft-spoken computers. The democratic population of 808 million Skylightians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Emerald City. The average income tax rate is 18.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Skylightian economy, worth 38.6 trillion Pounds 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 47,759 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Helicopter parenting is on the rise, supervisors in Skylight commonly tie bells on their necks to alert employees of their presence, birth rates have hit an all-time low, and the 'sing-a-long with Leader' album is a popular souvenir. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Skylight's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Skylight is ranked 162,882^nd in the world and 22^nd in Timoria for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 342.15 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.