The Strolling Dance of Me and My Shadow is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its burgeoning Shadow population. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 22.464 billion Shadows 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Social Policy. The average income tax rate is 39.2%.

The a Shadow economy, worth 742 trillion Mehs a year, is highly specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 33,033 Mehs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is moderate. Me and My Shadow's national animal is the Shadow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Me and My Shadow is ranked 233,974^th in the world and 3^rd in Lavinaria for Lowest Crime Rates, with 55.53 law-abiding acts per hour.