The Holy Empire of King Shlib is a small, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, suspicion of poets, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 40 million King Shlibians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 66.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient King Shlibian economy, worth 1.50 trillion Shlib Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 37,377 Shlib Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The studies of art and philosophy are banned, hit and run driving is no longer a crime - it's the national sport, glancing at the car radio display while driving is treated as attempted homicide, and even snitches get stitches. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. King Shlib's national animal is the Best Animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

King Shlib is ranked 234,641^st in the world and 818^th in Concord for Most Developed, scoring 52.44 on the Human Development Index.