The State of Shuyukh is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, suspicion of poets, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 13.782 billion Shuyukhians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.6%.

The strong Shuyukhian economy, worth 717 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 52,032 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 335,351 per year while the poor average 3,261, a ratio of 102 to 1.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, military funding has been stripped back, the government has cut its subsidies for all special interest groups, and Shuyukh has designated Central Heights as its capital city. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Shuyukh's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Shuyukh is ranked 17,701^st in the world and 14^th in United States of America for Most Primitive, scoring 82.76 on the Scary Big Number Scale.