The Nyoom Flash Shield of Blitz- is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, state-planned economy, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate population of 3.031 billion Blitz-ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 37.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Blitz-ian economy, worth 166 trillion golds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 54,903 golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over Blitz-, nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers, tourists flock to see the giant stone carvings of historical leaders at Mount Rushless, and families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blitz-'s national animal is the dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Blitz- is ranked 188,196^th in the world and 213^th in The Blades for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.