The Nightosphere of Shevik is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Reanimated Toussaint L'Ouverture with an iron fist, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, digital currency, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 11.853 billion Shevikians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of El Dorado. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Shevikian economy, worth a remarkable 2,422 trillion luas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 204,401 luas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, the nation's space program is doxxing the planet, and citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling". Crime is totally unknown. Shevik's national animal is the capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cult of R'hllor.

Shevik is ranked 313,428^th in the world and 13,338^th in Balder for Most Primitive, scoring -593.6 on the Scary Big Number Scale.