The Loving Couple of Shipping-Fan- is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Scott with an iron fist, and notable for its aversion to nipples, otherworldly petting zoo, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.56 billion Shipping-Fan-ians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beacon Hills. The average income tax rate is 77.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Shipping-Fan-ian economy, worth 893 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 136,188 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government response to disaster victims starving for bread is "let them eat stale cake", candidates make campaign speeches at the funerals of former rivals, the police have been known to wiretap confessional boxes, and computers are allowed but only just. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shipping-Fan-'s national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

Shipping-Fan- is ranked 33,502^nd in the world and 173^rd in Europeia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 80.72 law-abiding acts per hour.