The Planetary Confederation of Shanix is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Aleksander Zek with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 35.491 billion Shanixians 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, corrupt, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gullige. The average income tax rate is 96.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Shanixin economy, worth a remarkable 7,127 trillion SSICS a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 200,813 SSICS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Aleksander Zek's new door-knocking campaign has the sweet taste of success, doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick, kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history, and before Aleksander Zek all AI are equally undeserving of rights. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shanix's national animal is the Zug, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Shanix is ranked 134,932^nd in the world and 1^st in Federation of STL Nations for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,625.46 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.