The Ricky Spanish of Shibutani is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Sir Daniel with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, vat-grown people, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 5.671 billion Shibutanians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of MAYA. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Shibutanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,213 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 390,381 dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,548,409 per year while the poor average 66,466, a ratio of 23.3 to 1.

Weird or unusual crimes merit cruel and unusual punishments, perverts across the land rejoice after 'sexual harassment' was recently renamed 'persuasive courting', parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads, and the nation faces constant invasions by foreign boy bands. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Shibutani's national animal is the Zombie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Church of the Cosmic Skull.

Shibutani is ranked 195,260^th in the world and 8,829^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -42.59 on the Hayek Index.