The Great White Bat of Shikakah is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its frequent executions, daily referendums, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 31.91 billion Shikakahians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.9%.

The very strong Shikakahian economy, worth a remarkable 1,563 trillion guanos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 49,009 guanos, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 170,766 per year while the poor average 10,240, a ratio of 16.7 to 1.

Child labor has been outlawed, more and more students are taking up a career in medicine, the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, and marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Shikakah's national animal is the monkey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Shikakah is ranked 137,401^st in the world and 346^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 2,217.79 on the Hickory Productivity Index.