The Free Land of George Shiras Jr is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Giraffe population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 15.849 billion George Shiras Jrians enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.8%.

The very strong George Shiras Jrian economy, worth 937 trillion Platinums a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 59,182 Platinums, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 180,791 per year while the poor average 15,016, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. George Shiras Jr's national animal is the Giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

George Shiras Jr is ranked 89,047^th in the world and 330^th in Memeland United for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 91.92 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.