The Shanti of Shiva is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its public floggings, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 16.007 billion Padmasanas 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 large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 47.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Padmasana economy, worth 502 trillion Lingams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 31,408 Lingams, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown. Shiva's national animal is the Nandi.

Shiva is ranked 99,976^th in the world and 7^th in The Himalayas for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.86 law-abiding acts per hour.