The Spiritualistic Sorcery of Shamans is a titanic, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic, devout population of 14.573 billion Shamans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Shaman economy, worth 188 trillion Trances a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 12,956 Trances, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A new generation of aquariumless hotels are being built under government supervision, a government program is underway to revitalize Shamans's beaches, same-sex marriages are increasingly common, and people are moving into treehouses in record numbers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shamans's national animal is the Spirit Animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Shamanism.

Shamans is ranked 98,346^th in the world and 3^rd in Machu Picchu for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 44.28 on the Kitten Softness Rating.