The Nervous Wreck of Shiminka is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Elected Empress Li Tang Shi with an iron fist, and renowned for its teetotalling pirates, free-roaming dinosaurs, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.928 billion Shiminkans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Golden City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 91.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Shiminkan economy, worth 828 trillion Shiminka Dollar and Coins a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 211,018 Shiminka Dollar and Coins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 897,275 per year while the poor average 31,961, a ratio of 28.1 to 1.

Dubiously qualified Skandilundian barristers keep referring to laws as 'government guidelines', foreign ambassadors are accused of stealing Shiminkan jobs, mums always ask their three-year-olds for permission before hugging them, and Elected Empress Li Tang Shi wears a chewed-up rubber chicken suit to meet foreign delegates. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shiminka's national animal is the Blue-feathered Raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is The Worship of the Emperor.

Shiminka is ranked 312,673^rd in the world and 6^th in Vulture of War for Safest, scoring 4.74 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.