The Queendom of Shadowhunter is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 4.509 billion Shadowhunterians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 44.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Shadowhunterian economy, worth 70.3 trillion primogems 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 15,595 primogems, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable, the art of conversation has been rediscovered, babies are a small but significant export, and most ambassadors from Shadowhunter retire only a few years after being appointed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shadowhunter's national animal is the mouse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shadowhunter is ranked 39,867^th in the world and 841^st in Ambition for Safest, scoring 105.79 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.