The Free Land of Shebeast Forest is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 18 million Shebeast Forestians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.0%.

The strong Shebeast Forestian economy, worth 1.05 trillion Grubs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 58,347 Grubs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 177,936 per year while the poor average 14,840, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Leader has been seen stealthily slicing fifths off bread loaves, advertisements for jobs in the sciences run in fashion magazines, weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies, and Shebeast Forest City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Shebeast Forest's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shebeast Forest is ranked 286,009^th in the world and 239^th in Forest for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 383.62 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.