The Community of Shapeville is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its national health service, feral children, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.258 billion Shapevilleans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 43.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shapevillean economy, worth 141 trillion vertexes a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 112,287 vertexes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Faces are considered a delicacy, the threat of economic apocalypse brings out the best in people, social media sites prompt users to send birthday greetings to unresponsive nonagenarians, and lip-readers are often left perplexed by political rallies. Crime is almost non-existent. Shapeville's national animal is the face, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Shapeville is ranked 22,068^th in the world and 650^th in The North Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 3,081.32 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.