The Democratic Republic of Shikaland is a small, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 45 million Shikalandians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 71.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Shikalandian economy, worth 1.11 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Uranium Mining. Average income is 24,611 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Praying before a battle is a court-martial offence, the death penalty has been reintroduced, fat-shaming is now public policy, and the government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shikaland's national animal is the Buffalo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shikaland is ranked 109,351^st in the world and 92^nd in Shiseballs for Most Patriotic, with 14.19 flags saluted per person per day.