The People's Republic of Shikishimagrad is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic, devout population of 6.894 billion Shikishimagradians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ishizuchi. The average income tax rate is 68.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Shikishimagradian economy, worth 235 trillion Noneuropean Kronees a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 34,188 Noneuropean Kronees, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts, the government is ignoring the latest terrorist atrocities in Ishizuchi for fear of causing a fuss, Leader's told that love often manifests itself through homicidal four-lettered litanies, and the comic book series 'Leader and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shikishimagrad's national animal is the nuclear-powered pocket hampster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Shinto-Asemism.

Shikishimagrad is ranked 103,437^th in the world and 12^th in Noneuropean Union for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,928.29 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.