The Disputed Territories of Shathole is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its smutty television, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 459 million Shatholeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Law & Order, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yoyo. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Shatholean economy, worth 39.0 trillion gold candy canes 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 Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 84,962 gold candy canes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors, it is impossible to get any work done as auditors swarm every inch of government factories and mines, the legalization of meat has skewered the sales of vegetarian substitutes, and dozens of viewers go online to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shathole's national animal is the bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Shathole is ranked 17,842^nd in the world and 49^th in Council of Asia for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 5,056.05 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.