The Sultanate of Shiggle is a large, orderly nation, notable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 50 million Shigglets are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 72.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Shigglean economy, worth 2.62 trillion shigglings a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Average income is 52,323 shigglings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, visiting dignitaries often end up cuddling in the hot tub with Leader, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', and teenage TV characters are played by thirty-year-olds by the end of the second season. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shiggle's national animal is the wildebeest, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shiggle is ranked 8,705^th in the world and 79^th in Refugia for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,978.83 on the Clooney Contribution Index.