The State of Shobhail is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 17.578 billion Shobhailians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 59.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Shobhailian economy, worth 261 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 14,879 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no 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. Shobhail's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shobhail is ranked 147,267^th in the world and 4^th in Galapagos for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 783.73 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.