The District of Shanly is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by privy council chairman with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, cynical population of 26.32 billion Shanlyians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The tiny, liberal, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, although Education and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. The average income tax rate is 8.5%.

The strong Shanlyian economy, worth 704 trillion Juno aurums a year, is quite specialized and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 26,775 Juno aurums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, Shanly has designated District City as its capital city, Privy council chairman has just been declared ruler of Shanly in an international press conference, and the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Shanly's national animal is the quick pink fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Shanly is ranked 192,879^th in the world and 1^st in Bissau for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring zero on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.