The Colonial Empire of Ever Shine is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Odysseus with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, anti-smoking policies, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.499 billion Ever Shineans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scepterford. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 51.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ever Shinean economy, worth 272 trillion Aureuses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 182,019 Aureuses, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,298,198 per year while the poor average 8,391, a ratio of 154 to 1.

Photos of picturesque coastal buildings are set against a backdrop of smokestacks and ship hulls, titles of nobility are packaged with Ever Shinean citizenship in invite-only auctions, tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants, and industry tycoons rarely hide their misdeeds due to the government's habit of bailing them out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ever Shine's national animal is the Double Headed Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Ever Shine is ranked 25,580^th in the world and 49^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 7,030.69 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.