The Not going anywhere of Shibutani is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Daniel with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 18.694 billion Shibutanians 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of MAYA. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Shibutanian economy, worth a remarkable 9,376 trillion Bitcoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is a breathtaking 501,602 Bitcoins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,188,514 per year while the poor average 72,647, a ratio of 30.1 to 1.

Children in school playgrounds can be heard chanting the hymns of the Order of Violet, Daniel is worshipped as a god, burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine, and many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shibutani's national animal is the cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Church of the Cosmic Skull.

Shibutani is ranked 283,138^th in the world and 4,216^th in The North Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -4.47 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.