The Republic of Shadow Founder is a colossal, pleasant nation, renowned for its burgeoning hawk population. The hard-working population of 4.768 billion Shadow Founderians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 14.3%.

The Shadow Founderian economy, worth 232 trillion rubledollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Gambling, and Soda Sales. Average income is 48,816 rubledollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shadow Founder's national animal is the hawk.

Shadow Founder is ranked 211,229^th in the world and 1^st in Shadow for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 828.34 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.