The Democratic Republic of Shefino is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prezident Graham with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 9.634 billion Shefinoans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shef. The average income tax rate is 51.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shefinoan economy, worth a remarkable 2,017 trillion Crowns a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 209,379 Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cheap and tasteless vegetables flood the markets, workers tend to schedule naps during all-hands meetings, government statisticians explain census inaccuracies by declaring that "Sith happens", and thieves find battery shops juicier targets than banks. Crime is totally unknown. Shefino's national animal is the White sabertooth tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Shefino is ranked 29,520^th in the world and 616^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 6,440.79 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.