The Great Imperial Monarchy of Empire Of Shield is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by King Jimmy Carter with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, rampant corporate plagiarism, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate population of 5.143 billion Shieldias are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Unitarian City. The average income tax rate is 79.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Empire Of Shieldian economy, worth 460 trillion The Shield Regias a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,554 The Shield Regias, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming, bailiffs must face down a fusillade of depleted uranium rounds, people believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more, and leading ethologists are being investigated for illegal electoral interference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Empire Of Shield's national animal is the Polar Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cult Of the Peanut Farmer.

Empire Of Shield is ranked 33,053^rd in the world and 2,105^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 80.98 law-abiding acts per hour.