The Community of Shoenzeit is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 35.443 billion Shoenzeitians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, with Welfare, Healthcare, and Education also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Environment are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.4%.

The powerhouse Shoenzeitian economy, worth a remarkable 1,380 trillion aurums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 38,937 aurums, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 137,827 per year while the poor average 7,942, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

The alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, and a major religion has been named as Shoenzeit's national religion. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Shoenzeit's national animal is the buffalo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Shoenzeit is ranked 123,832^nd in the world and 1^st in the Republic of Finland for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.