The Free Land of Shemesh is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its daily referendums, national health service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.42 billion Shemeshians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Administration, Spirituality, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Miklat. The average income tax rate is 91.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Shemeshian economy, worth 91.1 trillion maors a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Furniture Restoration industry. Average income is 64,133 maors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, faking deafness is the only way to guarantee a holiday in the nation, saying "don't do anything that Leader wouldn't do" doesn't exclude a great deal, and the government is overcome with ennui. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shemesh's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Shuemeschic.

Shemesh is ranked 9,145^th in the world and 21^st in Nudist Dreamland for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 5,910.11 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.