The Republic of Sea shep is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Children of Comdildom the communist with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, parental licensing program, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed population of 4.97 billion Sea shepians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moscillot. The average income tax rate is 82.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sea shepian economy, worth 802 trillion Dark Matter grams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 161,526 Dark Matter grams, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The police go to great efforts to seize contraband favored by politicians on the police oversight committee, the police think a properly conducted criminal investigation is a real pain, dubiously qualified East Lebatuckese doctors prescribe ice baths as a treatment for pneumonia, and popular sunny beaches always have a cloudy outlook. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sea shep's national animal is the Sea lamb, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is We live in a Simulation Prove me wrong.

Sea shep is ranked 206,003^rd in the world and 3,780^th in the South Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -3.46 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.