The Empire of Shinasania is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Xucukeo I Vuecoto with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, prohibition of alcohol, and daily referendums. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 6.09 billion Shinasanians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Burando. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Shinasanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,272 trillion Pesos a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 208,995 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

New legislators take a week-long class entitled "Keeping Your Job: How to Avoid Offending Xucukeo I Vuecoto", carrots are orange, apples are red and food waste is increasing, parents often leave their kids in the car while they attend mindfulness meditation sessions, and referenda are held for every conceivable government action. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shinasania's national animal is the Brown Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Truism.

Shinasania is ranked 772^nd in the world and 24^th in Balder for Most Developed, scoring 98.42 on the Human Development Index.