The Fiefdom of Shamhnan Insir is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lieutenant General Mam Tuath with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 22.935 billion Shamhnan Insirians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shellesder Hough. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Shamhnan Insirian economy, worth a remarkable 1,960 trillion Teeth a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 85,500 Teeth, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Advertisements for jobs in the sciences run in fashion magazines, biology and religious education classes have recently been merged, 'To Regulate And Beyond' is the unofficial motto of the Shamhnan Insirian Space Agency, and schoolchildren must pass a six-month Ethics and Safety Committee Assessment before they are allowed to mix baking soda and vinegar. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shamhnan Insir's national animal is the Red Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shamhnan Insir is ranked 112,656^th in the world and 4,117^th in Balder for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,347.47 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.