The State of Al Shaheed is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Governor with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 14.512 billion Al Shaheedians 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 large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 41.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Al Shaheedian economy, worth 142 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, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. 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 9,838 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Al Shaheed has designated Capital Heights as its capital city and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Al Shaheed in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Al Shaheed's national animal is the deer.

Al Shaheed is ranked 280,136^th in the world and 532^nd in Ancient Lands for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 300.02 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.