The Turquoise Paradise of Shi Shi Lala is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Fancy McFancypants with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, compulsory vegetarianism, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 17.871 billion Shi Shi Lalans 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 Welfare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sofancy. The average income tax rate is 75.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Shi Shi Lalan economy, worth 693 trillion lalas 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 dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 38,809 lalas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation proudly hosts OstraCon to decide who gets free vacations to the Brancaland tundra, a commonwealth of equal nations recognises that Shi Shi Lala is a bit more equal than the others, police escort anti-abortion activists to free speech cages if they try to express their views, and Shi Shi Lalan scientists are mixing chewing tobacco with bacon flavouring in an attempt to craft the perfect male snack. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shi Shi Lala's national animal is the mouse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shi Shi Lala is ranked 238,602^nd in the world and 10^th in The Sweet Ubiquity for Fattest Citizens, with 7.93 Obesity Rate.