The Republic of Shorax is a huge, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 523 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 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Shoraxian economy, worth 21.0 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 Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. Average income is 40,076 Fenan credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, children as young as six shock their parents by coming out of the closet, and traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive 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 168,038^th in the world and 3,082^nd in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 165.74 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.