The Federal Republic of Shenendoah is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Trent Lott with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 1.812 billion Shenendohans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shiloh. The average income tax rate is 29.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Shenendohan economy, worth 184 trillion Tarkin Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,591 Tarkin Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

President Trent Lott's power is effectively nullified as no bill becomes law without the upper house's support, warfare increasingly resembles a video game, fiscal policy hawks decry the sizable "panem et circenses" fund added to the public budget, and the studies of art and philosophy are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shenendoah's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shenendoah is ranked 219,476^th in the world and 34^th in Tarkin for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.01 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.