The Company of Fangshade is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lord Varyk Nightfang with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.262 billion Wolves 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ironhowl. The average income tax rate is 51.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Wolf economy, worth 142 trillion Lunas a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,181 Lunas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The School of Hard Knocks is receiving record application numbers., genetic researchers have taken to conducting illegal experiments in secret lairs, confessions don't count if suffixed with "izzle", and consumers are free to choose - so long as they choose Eckie-Ecola or Eckie-Cola. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fangshade's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Frostmoon.

Fangshade is ranked 63,413^th in the world and 24^th in UEPU Federal Republic for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,898.66 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.