The Republic of The Shadowy Master is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.389 billion Shadowy Masterians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.2%.

The powerhouse Shadowy Masterian economy, worth 98.4 trillion Golds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 70,844 Golds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 219,761 per year while the poor average 17,583, a ratio of 12.5 to 1.

Dubiously qualified Skandilundian barristers keep referring to laws as 'government guidelines', flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, looting and pillaging are now considered vital intelligence-gathering activities, and oilmen are in the business of greasing people's palms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. The Shadowy Master's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

The Shadowy Master is ranked 175,081^st in the world and 1^st in Emerald Fortress for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 906.26 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.