The Empire of Shiya is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by God King Antony with an iron fist, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, parental licensing program, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 19.331 billion Zyans 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gojira. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Zyian economy, worth an astonishing 10,791 trillion Fuhs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 558,229 Fuhs, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

Captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, the controversial show 'Who Wants to be an Immigrant?' has become wildly popular, funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals, and the military will start wars with other nations on a lark. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Shiya's national animal is the Nine tailed fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Imperial Cult.

Shiya is ranked 167,958^th in the world and 301^st in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Most Pro-Market, scoring -62 on the Rand Index.