The Fashion Designer of Shermie is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Shermie with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 14.329 billion Shermieans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Orichi. The average income tax rate is 29.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Shermiean economy, worth a remarkable 1,480 trillion yen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 103,337 yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals, and a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shermie's national animal is the mockingbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Violetism.

Shermie is ranked 199,360^th in the world and 8^th in Wolf Rave for Largest Black Market, with 495 billion Standard Monetary Units.