The Shayist Dynasty of Kingdom of Shay is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Shay the XVI with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.077 billion Shayanics love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shay City. The average income tax rate is 54.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Shayanic economy, worth 169 trillion Shayanic Cashes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 55,036 Shayanic Cashes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting, interviewees for teaching jobs are waterboarded to "reveal undesirable histories", police officers often conceal their identities to safeguard against public complaints, and prison walls have had to be modified to keep parkour-trained criminals from escaping. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kingdom of Shay's national animal is the Shayanic Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Shayism.

Kingdom of Shay is ranked 291,121^st in the world and 9^th in Nova Tero for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.27 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.