The Republic of Shadowrik is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Lord Shadow with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 11.473 billion Shadowans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, liberal, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Education, although Defense, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shadowrik City. The average income tax rate is 4.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shadowan economy, worth a remarkable 2,122 trillion gold bars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 184,964 gold bars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

There's a lot of hot air coming from the Capitol Building, most people suffer from some form of hearing loss, nouveau riche farmers diligently take care of their golden calf herds, and beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Shadowrik's national animal is the Vampire Zombie Mahi Mahi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is blah.

Shadowrik is ranked 9,323^rd in the world and 531^st in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 87.09 on the Human Development Index.