The Community of Realms of Shaidor is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Upper King Jerong IV of Shaidor with a fair hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, soft-spoken computers, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.279 billion shaidorians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jazúmay. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient shaidorian economy, worth a remarkable 1,711 trillion Golden leaves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an amazing 206,704 Golden leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug, no one is quite sure what many government officials look like, most people attending churches are maintenance workers, and books are so highly regarded in Shaidor that libraries are often revered as holy shrines. Crime is totally unknown. Shaidor's national animal is the Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.

Shaidor is ranked 12,449^th in the world and 7^th in Calme Ybovien for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 6,785.05 on the Hickory Productivity Index.