The Fiefdom of Pan-Shawnee is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 7.934 billion Pan-Shawneeans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 59.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Pan-Shawneean economy, worth 123 trillion Knots a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is 15,541 Knots, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pan-Shawnee's national animal is the Thalasso.

Pan-Shawnee is ranked 176,639^th in the world and 42^nd in China for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 364.98 on the Gilded Widget Scale.