The Automated defenses of Faction shield bank is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 4.881 billion Faction shield bankians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Law & Order, although Defense, Healthcare, and Public Transport are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.4%.

The very strong Faction shield bankian economy, worth 353 trillion zero-point modules a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. Average income is 72,326 zero-point modules, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 279,689 per year while the poor average 12,834, a ratio of 21.8 to 1.

Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, ship captains always order a return to port at the slightest sign of rain, protests are prohibited from blocking traffic, and Harry Potter books are banned. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Faction shield bank's national animal is the drones like in Stargate.

Faction shield bank is ranked 14,260^th in the world and 17^th in Hell for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 7,359.57 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.