The Meritocratic Republic of Shorax is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Prim with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, rampant corporate plagiarism, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 5.677 billion Fenans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shorax City. The average income tax rate is 90.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Fenan economy, worth 643 trillion Fenan credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 113,280 Fenan credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists on maritime expeditions return with a healthy glow, war is more of a science than an art, the government subsidizes those who produce the worst results, and opening a bad email attachment can be a major felony. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shorax's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Shorax is ranked 9,293^rd in the world and 291^st in the South Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 32.92 average smiles per day.