The Community of Shavlia is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 532 million Shavlians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 63.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shavlian economy, worth 50.2 trillion sols a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 94,427 sols, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Translators are keen to explain feline MPs' claw and ordure policies, people who have never eaten chicken are told it tastes a bit like crocodile, war is made in the name of love, and Fox is one of the most popular forenames in Shavlia. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Shavlia's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shavlia is ranked 70,953^rd in the world and 3^rd in The Eastern Steppes for Highest Average Incomes, with 94,427.09 Standard Monetary Units.