The Violent Theocracy of Shuckle Empire is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Xiānzhī with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, free-roaming dinosaurs, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.477 billion Oviumists 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 medium-sized, 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 Xiānzhī City. The average income tax rate is 85.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Oviumist economy, worth a remarkable 1,496 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 231,044 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government burgles the houses of holidaying citizens, no one knows how to tie a reef knot, vets have been drafted in to help "fix" those who fail the parental license exam, and absentminded citizens frequently converse with hallucinations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shuckle Empire's national animal is the Government Surveillance Drone, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Shucklism.

Shuckle Empire is ranked 24,354^th in the world and 755^th in the South Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 55.57 quips per hour.