The Prefecture of Shiga is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Sekibanki with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 22.173 billion Shiganians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ōtsu. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Shiganese economy, worth a remarkable 4,564 trillion Japanese Yen 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 Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 205,840 Japanese Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Birth rates have hit an all-time low, hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, the government has pinkie-promised never to use its veto power except in an emergency, and houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries. Crime is totally unknown. Shiga's national animal is the Tanuki, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Shinto and Taoism.

Shiga is ranked 133,354^th in the world and 2,381^st in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 752.58 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.