The Red Federation of ShadyStans is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Maxwell with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, free-roaming dinosaurs, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 4.327 billion ShadyStanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ilian. The average income tax rate is 96.3%.

The frighteningly efficient ShadyStansian economy, worth 641 trillion Cigs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 148,163 Cigs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, the military maintains a fierce arsenal of 'Cure Missiles', fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, and bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ShadyStans's national animal is the Shadishian Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Shadish Polytheism.

ShadyStans is ranked 288,695^th in the world and 10,825^th in Osiris for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -19.04 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.