The Duchy of Shield world 67 is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Leader de Shield World 67 with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, soft-spoken computers, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 18.902 billion Shield world 67ians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shield world 67 City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Shield world 67ian economy, worth a remarkable 3,230 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 Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. 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 170,897 Martis Golds, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Programmers often reinvent the wheel, the government is reining in public spending, the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, and any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shield world 67's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Genesiusiany.

Shield world 67 is ranked 72,876^th in the world and 434^th in Genesius Union for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,117.87 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.