The Loving Couple of Shipping-Fan- is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Scott with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.135 billion Shipping-Fan-ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beacon Hills. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Shipping-Fan-ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,279 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 157,319 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 9.5 times as much as the poorest.

A new generation of space-obsessed youth are convinced there's nothing out there, restaurants have noticed that hanging wet laundry from the ceiling makes diners order more food, amusement park rides frequently collapse due to lack of maintenance, and the nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shipping-Fan-'s national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

Shipping-Fan- is ranked 60,353^rd in the world and 186^th in Europeia for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,103.52 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.