The Empire of Red Shield Empire is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Mister Boss with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, enslaved workforce, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.357 billion Red Shield Empireans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Gettysburg. The average income tax rate is 62.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Red Shield Empirean economy, worth 29.7 trillion American 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 21,912 American Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bins outnumber trees in city parks, half of Red Shield Empire just lost MyFace after space debris collided with a major communications satellite, news editors who eschew the state-approved superlatives for describing Mister Boss tend to disappear, and 13-year-old internet trolls are treated as a threat on par with terrorists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Red Shield Empire's national animal is the Saltwater crocodile, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Red Shield Empire is ranked 114,773^rd in the world and 5,702^nd in Osiris for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 718.58 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.