The Ancient Sith Order of Shirefarthings is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 2.373 billion Shirefarthingsians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 77.3%.

The thriving Shirefarthingsian economy, worth 209 trillion Farthing Coins a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 88,474 Farthing Coins, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

The government loves seeing the little people fight, news headlines suggest that Leader has a sideline in guinea pig pimping, concussed Hobbitball players cannot remember their lineup position, and women earn less than half the salary of men if they can even find a job. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shirefarthings's national animal is the Hobbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Sith.

Shirefarthings is ranked 9,823^rd in the world and 28^th in Wintreath for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,840.27 on the Clooney Contribution Index.