The Searing Sky of Shallowell is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Tamsin Easy with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 12.527 billion Shallowellics hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The minute, liberal, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mondage. The average income tax rate is 1.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shallowellic economy, worth a remarkable 1,802 trillion manes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 143,899 manes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Tamsin Easy will only ring up foreign leaders if they agree to reverse the charges, male friends are often accompanied by a female relative in order to prove their 'straightness', kids who move from attending a public school in the city to the country often struggle in goat milking class, and commercial breaks often lead to nervous breakdowns. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Shallowell's national animal is the red panda, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is State Secularism.

Shallowell is ranked 41,195^th in the world and 1,063^rd in Balder for Most Politically Free, scoring 80.38 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.