The Republic of Shouling is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 802 million Shoulingians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Welfare also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 34.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Shoulingian economy, worth 27.7 trillion Bahnmis a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,477 Bahnmis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shouling's national animal is the Eastern Fox.

Shouling is ranked 292,020^th in the world and 14^th in Circumference for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,557.55 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.