The Armed Shadows of Bad Friday is a colossal, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, cynical population of 4.475 billion shadows are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.2%.

The strong bad economy, worth 235 trillion rubledollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 52,721 rubledollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and many are questioning Leader wearing an Eckie-Ecola baseball cap during a keynote speech. Crime is moderate. Bad Friday's national animal is the hawk, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Bad Friday is ranked 231,075^th in the world and 1^st in Ishtar for Safest, scoring 42.96 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.