The Democratic Republic of Shoulgan is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by National Congress Executive Command with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, otherworldly petting zoo, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 21.828 billion Shoulganites are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caracas. The average income tax rate is 91.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shoulganite economy, worth a remarkable 3,741 trillion Shoulgan Units a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 171,393 Shoulgan Units, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Shoulganite police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, social media sites go into shutdown for days at a time to censor user content, East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy', and a cat may look at a king and a dude can look at an ass. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shoulgan's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shoulgan is ranked 4,593^rd in the world and 3^rd in Australialia for Safest, scoring 132.43 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.