The United States of Shiki republic is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by shikimori with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, rampant corporate plagiarism, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.719 billion Shiki republicians 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 enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 66.1%.

The thriving Shiki republician economy, worth 106 trillion the dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Trout Farming, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 61,979 the dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Angry citizens complain that there isn't enough geographical diversity on the new banknotes, most academic research has ground to a halt, cricket farmers use magnifying glasses to fit every member of their herd with tiny tracking tags, and chalkboards are replaced with billboards in the classroom. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shiki republic's national animal is the hawk, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Shiki republic is ranked 312,863^rd in the world and 2^nd in war motherland for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10.34 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.