The Island of Shetland is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, enslaved workforce, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 28.154 billion Shetlandians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 75.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Shetlandian economy, worth a remarkable 3,734 trillion Golds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 132,630 Golds, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

Soldiers stream their classified military operations live for millions of fans, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, you're only as old as you feel, and grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shetland's national animal is the Elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Shetland is ranked 198,389^th in the world and 4^th in Jethnea for Rudest Citizens, with 40.48 insults per minute.