The Colony of The Shiba Card Farmer 221 is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, ban on automobiles, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.948 billion Shiba Card Farmer 221ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.8%.

The Shiba Card Farmer 221ian economy, worth 119 trillion hryvnias a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Tourism. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 61,313 hryvnias, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Lobbyists are trying to convince government to recategorize most natural disasters as "non-critical naturogenic inconveniences", suit-clad businessmen have been taking advantage of the relaxed welfare qualifications by shopping with food stamps, black market eau de toilette is made in bathroom labs across the nation, and members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Shiba Card Farmer 221's national animal is the ibis, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Shiba Card Farmer 221 is ranked 59,949^th in the world and 71^st in Andusre for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,575.9 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.