The Grand Duchy of Shauls is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.727 billion Shaulsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ternin. The average income tax rate is 86.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Shaulsian economy, worth 787 trillion Verths a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,243 Verths, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Shaulsians believe manners maketh the leader, saying 'Hi Guys' to a mixed gender group of people at work is a fireable offense, citizens are frequently searched for illegal weapons, and the latest superhero movie features a caped Goshawk with adamantium claws. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shauls's national animal is the Goshawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Shauls is ranked 27,591^st in the world and 1,945^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 84.21 law-abiding acts per hour.