The Republic of Shorax is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 568 million Fenans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shorax City. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Shoraxian economy, worth 22.6 trillion Fenan credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 39,712 Fenan credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, people say that cubists are rubbish because they can't draw faces, squeaky high prepubescent voices recite the patriotic poem "Hail to The Leader!" before each meal, and the Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shorax's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Shorax is ranked 30,455^th in the world and 652^nd in the South Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 912.61 on the Clooney Contribution Index.