The Republic of Shennith is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, smutty television, and state-planned economy. The cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.235 billion Shennithians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 60.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shennithian economy, worth 550 trillion marks 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. 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 an impressive 129,913 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Economic output is rising as the chronically depressed are persuaded not to burden society, soldiers who shoot themselves in the foot are regarded as heroes, school teachers check the staff room for hidden webcams before complaining about rebellious students, and courses in how to boil water are popular for formerly microwave-reliant Shennithians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shennith's national animal is the panther, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Shennith is ranked 195,450^th in the world and 611^th in Cainitium for Safest, scoring 44.78 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.