The Gasp in the night of Fangs-in-shadow is a massive, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 4.811 billion Fangs-in-shadowians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.7%.

The strong Fangs-in-shadowian economy, worth 217 trillion baht a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 45,299 baht, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 134,178 per year while the poor average 12,008, a ratio of 11.2 to 1.

History classes are mandatory for students, the wreckages of bombed planes that litter Fangs-in-shadow are highly popular tourist destinations, the police double as repo men, and Fangs-in-shadow recently decided against having a capital city. Crime is moderate. Fangs-in-shadow's national animal is the dolphin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Fangs-in-shadow is ranked 206,324^th in the world and 2^nd in The Hidden Ones for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 472.8 on the Hickory Productivity Index.