The Supreme Empire of Shaiyang is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Zuozhang Emperor with an iron fist, and renowned for its national health service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.413 billion Shais 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zhaotou Imperial City. The average income tax rate is 94.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Shai economy, worth a remarkable 1,016 trillion Daos a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 230,439 Daos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Children are often observed making 'sand angels' in bunkers, virtual assistants are seen with increasing suspicion every time they get an upgrade, the nation has reverted back to an agrarian society after anything more advanced than the wheel was banned, and organisations with 800 in their phone number are often raided by special forces. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shaiyang's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is State Zenism.

Shaiyang is ranked 4,302^nd in the world and 1^st in Talonia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 120.37 law-abiding acts per hour.