The Dominion of Shamm is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Governor-General Sham with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 17.971 billion Shammians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sung Mi City. The average income tax rate is 1.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Shammian economy, worth a remarkable 5,776 trillion dubloons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 321,450 dubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, homeless people can be found sleeping on streets in front of unoccupied second homes, children who refuse to share their crayons are arrested, and bus shelters seem to be designed to let rain in. Crime is totally unknown. Shamm's national animal is the rattlesnake, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Shamm is ranked 327,429^th in the world and 109^th in Conch Kingdom for Nicest Citizens, with 0.24 average smiles per day.