The Loving Hippiedom of Warmth and Sunshine is a gargantuan, genial nation, renowned for its frequent executions, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 40.352 billion Shinies 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The enormous but inefficient Shiny economy, worth a remarkable 3,873 trillion warm hugs a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 96,003 warm hugs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Shiny politics is literally a blood sport, newspapers cannot report anything about politicians without their explicit consent, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, and the nation has nearly as many history museums as Shinies. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Warmth and Sunshine's national animal is the fuzzy wuzzy bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Warmth and Sunshine is ranked 1,450^th in the world and 1^st in Concordia for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 4,650.48 on the Clooney Contribution Index.