The People's Republic of Shanganling is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Kim with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, infamous sell-swords, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 7.033 billion Shanganlingians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shanganling City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Shanganlingian economy, worth a remarkable 3,090 trillion Cowries a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 439,367 Cowries, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,073,145 per year while the poor average 4,491, a ratio of 906 to 1.

A milk bath costs more than bathing in money, soldiers are "encouraged" to advance by armed officers behind them, the government is suspected of mass disappearing dissidents both at home and abroad, and there's a hole in the heart of every Shanganlingian city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shanganling's national animal is the Panda, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Juche.

Shanganling is ranked 10,859^th in the world and 551^st in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 9,371.04 on the Gilded Widget Scale.