The Borderlands of Shation is a huge, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory gun ownership, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 801 million Shationians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 16.0%.

The Shationian economy, worth 39.8 trillion Bits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 49,698 Bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

The tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches, citizens can freely debate whether Leader is a great leader or the greatest leader, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, and most farmers are indentured to agrochemical conglomerates. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shation's national animal is the Horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Shation is ranked 241,752^nd in the world and 8^th in Shation for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring zero on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.