The Republic of The Shadows 198 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its burgeoning hawk population. The cynical, devout population of 1.602 billion Shadows 198ians 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 medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 37.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Shadows 198ian economy, worth 48.3 trillion rubledollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 30,174 rubledollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Shadows 198's national animal is the hawk.

The Shadows 198 is ranked 89,103^rd in the world and 1^st in Mauna Kea for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,447.48 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.