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“Vita donares potestas.”

The Almighty-Mighty Dominion of Shiff is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its happy-go-lucky citizens. Its compassionate population of 13.561 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although the Environment and Social Welfare are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

The government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', the number of students attending university has reached a record high, people are now classified as male, female, or genderqueer, and large areas of Shiff are not accessible by the public. Crime is totally unknown. Shiff's national animal is the Shiffian Dragon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Shiffian Smata.

Shiff is ranked 1st in the region and 1,200th in the world for Best Weather.