The Republic of Shachms is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 3.071 billion Shachmsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Shachmsian economy, worth 576 trillion bitcoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 187,636 bitcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Troublemakers boast about how many times they have to visit their therapist, the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, tax evaders are regularly visited by agents of the Shachms Blood Tithe, and the nation turns a blind eye to human rights abuses in its quest for athletic supremacy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shachms's national animal is the fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Shachms is ranked 140,618^th in the world and 659^th in the Plains of Perdition for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 8,775.39 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.