The Republic of Uncle Sheldon is a massive, pleasant nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, free-roaming dinosaurs, and ritual sacrifices. The quiet, industrious population of 1.085 billion Uncle Sheldonians, 141 million of whom are zombies, are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.4%.

The Uncle Sheldonian economy, worth 50.3 trillion US Dollars a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,330 US Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.5 times as much as the poorest.

The streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting, ministers are now allowed to put suggestions in the governmental suggestion box, and the optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem". Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Uncle Sheldon's national animal is the Bull, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Uncle Sheldon is ranked 211,941^st in the world and 23^rd in Medici for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,119.14 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.