The Holy Empire of Shedinjas is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy. The devout population of 3.161 billion Shedinjasians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government is primarily concerned with Spirituality, although Defense, Education, and Healthcare are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 19.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Shedinjasian economy, worth 111 trillion heavy-duty boots a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Cheese Exports, Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 35,125 heavy-duty boots, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Social networking sites have discussion groups devoted to planning terrorist attacks, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, and the nation grinds to a halt for afternoon tea. Crime is well under control. Shedinjas's national animal is the nincada.

Shedinjas is ranked 240,916^th in the world and 5^th in That One Place for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 632.57 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.