The Shadows of Finalizer is a titanic, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working, cynical population of 11.469 billion shadows are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.6%.

The very strong shadow economy, worth 720 trillion rubledollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 62,830 rubledollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 181,179 per year while the poor average 17,296, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

Military spending recently hit a new high, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, Harry Potter books are banned, and fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Finalizer's national animal is the something dark and evil, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Finalizer is ranked 173,639^th in the world and 3,476^th in The catholic military orders for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 32.18 on the Bus Surprisal Index.