The Colony of Shootlandia is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.191 billion Shootlandians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 77.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Shootlandian economy, worth 402 trillion Dead Axolotls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is 77,558 Dead Axolotls, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts, international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Shootlandia, elected officials often serve for decades in a single term, and more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shootlandia's national animal is the Attack Helicopter, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shootlandia is ranked 59,708^th in the world and 1,531^st in the Rejected Realms for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,323.2 on the Gilded Widget Scale.