The Republic of Shisterdonk is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 627 million Shisterdonkians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Donkholm. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Shisterdonkian economy, worth 51.5 trillion deniers a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 82,154 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Asking what someone does for a living is considered a faux pax for being potentially jobist, snitches get riches, companies flee the nation rather than pay their fair share of taxes, and meat-eating is frowned upon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shisterdonk's national animal is the Capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shisterdonk is ranked 14,399^th in the world and 107^th in Europeia for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,451.18 on the Clooney Contribution Index.