The Colony of Shadowville City is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Jay Myers with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 4.024 billion Atlanteans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shadowville. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Atlantean economy, worth 663 trillion Silver Certificates a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 164,856 Silver Certificates, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign casinos have trouble paying fans who bet on the triumph of the Shadowville Cats against long odds, the nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet, much of Shadowville City's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence, and the government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks. Crime is totally unknown. Shadowville City's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Shadowville City is ranked 77,176^th in the world and 38^th in Shadowville for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 381.27 on the Clooney Contribution Index.