The State of Sheepdog is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its burgeoning deer population. The democratic population of 26.473 billion Sheepdogians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 33.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Sheepdogian economy, worth 782 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Information Technology, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 29,546 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, and gambling is outlawed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sheepdog's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sheepdog is ranked 196,490^th in the world and 1^st in Sheepdog for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 56.12 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.