The Socialist Republic of Sheepstate is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate population of 1.881 billion Sheepstateans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 83.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sheepstatean economy, worth 205 trillion Pounds 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 led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 109,305 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, restaurateurs put a lot of effort into persuading customers to accept wafer-thin mints, politicians accost strangers in the street to ask their problems, and professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sheepstate's national animal is the Sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sheepstate is ranked 117,657^th in the world and 33^rd in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Most Corrupt Governments, with 8.09 kickbacks per hour.