The Armed Republic of Shirozaka is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 180 million Shirozakans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.2%.

The Shirozakan economy, worth 8.06 trillion Shemnis a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Soda Sales, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,755 Shemnis, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 136,252 per year while the poor average 11,411, a ratio of 11.9 to 1.

Nobody draws smiley faces on receipts anymore, nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths, the nationalistic national anthem inspires citizens to literally spit at foreigners, and the sick and dying are locked in their homes with a red "X" painted on the front door. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shirozaka's national animal is the Dove, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Shirozaka is ranked 242,956^th in the world and 5,036^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -3.46 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.