The Colony of Bombshell is a tiny, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 18 million Bombshellians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.2%.

The thriving Bombshellian economy, worth 1.37 trillion Explosives a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 76,267 Explosives, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 269,964 per year while the poor average 15,557, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Bombshell's national animal is the BANGaroo, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Bombshell is ranked 302,386^th in the world and 1^st in Bombshell for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -15.49 on the Clooney Contribution Index.