The Nomadic Peoples of Shaez Smea is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Taaj al-Ismail with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, fear of technology, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 12.24 billion Shaez Smeans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arish. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 76.8%.

The powerhouse Shaez Smean economy, worth a remarkable 1,126 trillion Dinars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,000 Dinars, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

No one gossips with Taaj al-Ismail during diplomatic summits, the thin blue line is composed of picketing police officers demanding better pensions, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, and soldiers are slaughtered in their thousands due to lack of training. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Shaez Smea's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Islam.

Shaez Smea is ranked 41,787^th in the world and 20^th in Middle East for Lowest Crime Rates, with 76.96 law-abiding acts per hour.