The Autocratic Republic of Shotorzkia is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by President Roman Ismayilov with an iron fist, and renowned for its fear of technology, infamous sell-swords, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.796 billion Shotorzkians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Krecharuz. The average income tax rate is 86.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Shotorzkian economy, worth 750 trillion Shotorzkian Dollars 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 an impressive 129,460 Shotorzkian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military instructors tire of being asked for another bedtime story by seven-year-old conscripts, giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls, Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in Shotorzkia, and devotion to God is only skin-deep. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shotorzkia's national animal is the Mountain Goat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Secular.

Shotorzkia is ranked 216,947^th in the world and 1^st in Dictatorville for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3.55 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.