The Republic of The Shadows 102 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 2.152 billion Shadows 102ians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 62.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Shadows 102ian economy, worth 35.1 trillion rubledollars 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Soda Sales, Cheese Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 16,304 rubledollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Shadows 102's national animal is the hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Shadows 102 is ranked 154,601^st in the world and 1^st in Moldovia for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 534.04 on the Gilded Widget Scale.