The Theocracy of Shababia is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.835 billion Shababians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 57.2%.

The Shababian economy, worth 110 trillion Hizb-ollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 39,126 Hizb-ollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

Tom and Jerry cartoons have cat and mouse resolving their problems with reasoned discussion, firing squads regularly execute dissidents, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, and the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shababia's national animal is the crocodile, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Shababia is ranked 123,360^th in the world and 81^st in The Eighth Closet for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 9,823 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.