The Republic of Shadow Wizard is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 6.337 billion Shadow Wizardians 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 relatively small, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 19.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Shadow Wizardian economy, worth 123 trillion rubledollars a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 19,420 rubledollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is well under control. Shadow Wizard's national animal is the hawk.

Shadow Wizard is ranked 184,553^rd in the world and 1^st in The league of shadows for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 268 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.