The Howling General of Shadows Song is a gargantuan, pleasant nation, renowned for its spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 22.836 billion Shadows are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The medium-sized, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.6%.

The strong Shadows Song economy, worth a remarkable 1,193 trillion Diamonds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 52,268 Diamonds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 355,363 per year while the poor average 2,808, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Shadows Song's national animal is the Shadow.

Shadows Song is ranked 254,603^rd in the world and 239^th in The Invaders for Lowest Crime Rates, with 49.61 law-abiding acts per hour.