The Empire of The Shell Corporation is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, strictly enforced bedtime, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 251 million Shell Corporationians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Social Policy and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The powerhouse Shell Corporationian economy, worth 20.5 trillion Oils a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Retail. Average income is 81,794 Oils, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 302,562 per year while the poor average 15,579, a ratio of 19.4 to 1.

Dissident voters are sent on a 'relaxing break' at the Ministry of Love, constipated-looking politicians are uptight about potty mouths, the jackhammer is considered a tool of artistic criticism, and punk rockers smash it up and then clean it up. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Shell Corporation's national animal is the Oil, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Shell Corporation is ranked 245,521^st in the world and 11,134^th in The North Pacific for Healthiest Citizens, with 0.63 bananas ingested per day.