The Democratic States of Shibalba is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 261 million Shibalbans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.6%.

The all-consuming Shibalban economy, worth 23.8 trillion Vulkans a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 91,017 Vulkans, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 445,541 per year while the poor average 10,666, a ratio of 41.8 to 1.

Homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, schoolyard sandboxes resemble ashtrays due to the large number of cigarette butts, and hell is not always other people. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Shibalba's national animal is the Capybara, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Shibalba is ranked 34,193^rd in the world and 24^th in Starlight for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 41.77 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.