The Shibatown of Shibaton is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 4.669 billion Shiba love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital City. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Shiba economy, worth 686 trillion shibs a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 146,887 shibs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The key to a long musical career is government contracts, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, politicians tend to speak more loudly and slowly these days, and guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites. Crime is totally unknown. Shibaton's national animal is the Shiba Inu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Shibaton is ranked 8,462^nd in the world and 3^rd in Kerbals of the North for Highest Poor Incomes, with 135,763.56 Standard Monetary Units.