The Empire of Sharkkin is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Jayden Shark with an iron fist, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.358 billion Sharklins are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shark Underground. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sharkkinian economy, worth 139 trillion shark teeth a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 102,367 shark teeth, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gene-engineered sewerjacks don't smell but they do stink, the "fire department" is often called to remove offensive religious texts, priceless Maxtopian artwork can often be found in executive bathrooms, and a widely accepted trade policy is "tit-for-tat". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sharkkin's national animal is the Godzilla, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Sharkzilla.

Sharkkin is ranked 224,022^nd in the world and 242^nd in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -5.48 on the Clooney Contribution Index.