The Republic of Sheen Island is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its public floggings, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 6.64 billion Sheen Islandians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Sheen Islandian economy, worth 797 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 120,088 Euros, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 383,786 per year while the poor average 28,545, a ratio of 13.4 to 1.

Citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over Sheen Island, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned Island Mooseball fields, and binoculars sales are at an all-time high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sheen Island's national animal is the Island Moose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sheen Island is ranked 242,445^th in the world and 246^th in The grimy backyard of Bigej for Most Primitive, scoring -131.78 on the Scary Big Number Scale.