The Commonwealth of Shinkaknish is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 102 million Shin hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 57.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Shin economy, worth 3.80 trillion Chips a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 37,269 Chips, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals, shopkeepers use microscopes to verify the authenticity of banknotes, modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes, and a fashion designer has been arrested for inciting hatred after claiming redheads couldn't pull off vermillion. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shinkaknish's national animal is the Larkin, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Shinkaknish is ranked 227,567^th in the world and 3,798^th in The East Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -91.21 on the Scary Big Number Scale.