The Republic of Shaor is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its smutty television, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working population of 6.033 billion Shaoris enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maar. The average income tax rate is 95.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Shaorian economy, worth 743 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 123,296 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Airplane passengers have been known to stuff pillows in their jackets to get extra arm room, the price of takeaway food quadruples after 6pm, the tinfoil-hat crowd also recommend tinfoil wallets, and parents are shocked to find out that having kids costs money. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shaor's national animal is the Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Kobolian.

Shaor is ranked 135,612^th in the world and 466^th in Europe for Largest Black Market, with 198 billion Standard Monetary Units.