The Protectorate of Territory of the Shoeshine Boyz is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and public floggings. The compassionate population of 9.961 billion Territory of the Shoeshine Boyzians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of varies. The average income tax rate is 52.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Territory of the Shoeshine Boyzian economy, worth 384 trillion shoehorn polishes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Soda Sales, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,641 shoehorn polishes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wigged-out hunters report playing croquet with the Queen of Hearts, the Territory of the Shoeshine Boyzian football team for the Maxxmas ceasefire consists only of Intelligence Corps personnel, Leader makes and breaks shaky peace deals in 140 characters or less, and people who do not complete their community service are sentenced to more community service. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Territory of the Shoeshine Boyz's national animal is the shoeshine boy, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Territory of the Shoeshine Boyz is ranked 98,875^th in the world and 4^th in Yertania City for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 3,836.09 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.