The Commitalist Free Nation of Sherpus is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Monroe Peters with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.526 billion Sherpusians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zinemar City. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sherpusian economy, worth 210 trillion Sherpusian francs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 83,429 Sherpusian francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The country's population is reported with a margin of error of several billions, children regularly take part in blood sports that result in extreme boo-boos, the country behaves just like a group of independent provinces all stacked up under a trench coat, and postpartum parents weep when doctors congratulate them on their beautiful baby girls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sherpus's national animal is the Sherpusian python, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Protestant Christianity.

Sherpus is ranked 73,147^th in the world and 3^rd in NationVision Official for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 105.52 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.