The Theocracy of Shiraba is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its smutty television, otherworldly petting zoo, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 16.811 billion Shirabans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Shiraban economy, worth a remarkable 3,966 trillion Good deeds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 235,960 Good deeds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 912,472 per year while the poor average 41,870, a ratio of 21.8 to 1.

No-one ever lasts longer than a week on a life support machine, movie references are legally admissible in court, a passport is literally priceless, and you can't spell society without CIS. Crime is totally unknown. Shiraba's national animal is the Dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Shiraba is ranked 288,873^rd in the world and 3,760^th in the West Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -586.43 on the Scary Big Number Scale.