The Empire of The Shaymen is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Freddy Fox with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, conspicuous electricity pylons, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic, cheerful population of 4.74 billion Shaymenians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Shay. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shaymenian economy, worth 781 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 164,975 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political detractors refer to Freddy Fox as 'that Bigtopian puppet', military officials are questioning the policy of ceding the nation's territory in exchange for promises not to invade it, primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit, and foreign musicians that Freddy Fox dislikes are turned away at the border. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Shaymen's national animal is the Fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Shaymen is ranked 3,930^th in the world and 1^st in Happyfax for Safest, scoring 134.82 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.