The Red Federation of ShadyStans is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Maxwell with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate population of 4.321 billion ShadyStanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ilian. The average income tax rate is 96.3%.

The frighteningly efficient ShadyStansian economy, worth 639 trillion Cigs 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 148,083 Cigs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Confessions don't count if suffixed with "izzle", most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, and the military maintains a fierce arsenal of 'Cure Missiles'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ShadyStans's national animal is the Shadishian Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Shadish Polytheism.

ShadyStans is ranked 4,233^rd in the world and 185^th in Osiris for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 16,096.63 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.