The Theocratic Queendom of Shadow Pirates is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by High Priestess Lilith with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.577 billion Shadow Pirates are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cocytus. The average income tax rate is 90.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Shadow Pirates economy, worth a remarkable 1,713 trillion Bloods a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 260,486 Bloods, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Science labs across the country languish in cobwebs as the government turns its attentions to spiritual matters, the election for High Priestess Lilith's office's janitor is heating up, childish pranks are no laughing matter, and diplomatic fallout tends to be much more dangerous than radioactive fallout. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shadow Pirates's national animal is the Crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Gnostic Satanism.

Shadow Pirates is ranked 8,607^th in the world and 4^th in Republic of Pirates for Largest Black Market, with 691 trillion Standard Monetary Units.