The United Socialist States of Szhi is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its national health service, ban on automobiles, and state-planned economy. The compassionate population of 901 million Szhians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hastanit. The average income tax rate is 76.1%.

The strong Szhian economy, worth 55.5 trillion Potans a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 61,652 Potans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Healthcare workers are flummoxed over the spike in foreign tourists with sudden-onset heart disease, young soldiers are shocked to discover there are no 'safe spaces' on a battlefield, telling someone to 'break a leg' is considered a criminal inducement to self harm, and even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Szhi's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Szhi is ranked 9,174^th in the world and 527^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 122.17 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.