The Ricky Spanish Easter Egg of Shibutani is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Daniel with an iron fist, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, aversion to nipples, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 13.55 billion Shibutanians 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 tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of MAYA. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Shibutanian economy, worth a remarkable 5,735 trillion Bitcoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 423,316 Bitcoins, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

Pet rocks are sold by the pound, parents dread their examinations more than their children, murderers and thieves claim divine inspiration to avoid prosecution, and hackers post hourly updates on international summits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Shibutani's national animal is the cow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Church of the Cosmic Skull.

Shibutani is ranked 1,241^st in the world and 58^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 937.3 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.