The Provincial Syndicates of Shrekistani is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by General Restoan Venre with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.819 billion Shrekists are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Faristadt Dobb. The average income tax rate is 94.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Shrekist economy, worth 528 trillion Shrekist Onions a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 138,514 Shrekist Onions, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreigners write "made in Shrekistani" on shoddy merchandise in hope of receiving a buy-out, most people suffer from some form of hearing loss, artists are pillars of society, and visitors to Self-Sufficiency National Park who ask for trail maps are handed a pen and a blank sheet of paper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shrekistani's national animal is the Shrek, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cult of Shrek.

Shrekistani is ranked 354^th in the world and 1^st in Thaecia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 108.12 law-abiding acts per hour.