The Not going anywhere of Shibutani is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Daniel with an even hand, and remarkable for its enslaved workforce, aversion to nipples, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 18.63 billion Shibutanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of MAYA. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Shibutanian economy, worth a remarkable 9,560 trillion Bitcoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is a breathtaking 513,180 Bitcoins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,806,937 per year while the poor average 105,529, a ratio of 17.1 to 1.

Self-driving cars are unpopular due to suspicion that they murder their passengers, Shibutanians believe a soft answer turneth away wrath but punitive punishment is much more fun, oil executives can be seen reluctantly cleaning oil-soaked birds, and a widely accepted trade policy is "tit-for-tat". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shibutani's national animal is the cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Church of the Cosmic Skull.

Shibutani is ranked 648^th in the world and 12^th in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 513,180.95 Standard Monetary Units.