The Shadow of Introvert Hill is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Shade with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, aversion to nipples, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 15.021 billion introverts are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rot. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient introverted economy, worth a remarkable 4,300 trillion selves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 286,312 selves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The line of people waiting for a visa interview in front of foreign embassies is typically a mile long, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, the parliament building has installed a revolving door, and the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Introvert Hill's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Mediocrity.

Introvert Hill is ranked 246,035^th in the world and 94^th in Karma for Largest Black Market, with 200 billion Standard Monetary Units.