The Barony of Shield World 6-2 is a titanic, efficient nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, sprawling nuclear power plants, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 11.606 billion Shield World 6-2ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 35.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shield World 6-2ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,225 trillion Martis Golds 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Soda Sales. 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 an impressive 191,755 Martis Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government is spending millions on 'trust campaigns' in an effort to win back the public's support, it's a comma comma comma comma comma rebellion, the number of children one can have is restricted by law, and the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass". Crime is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Shield World 6-2's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Shield World 6-2 is ranked 56,561^st in the world and 329^th in Genesius Union for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,508.33 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.