The State of Shelby Griswold is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its complete lack of public education, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 29.917 billion Shelby Griswoldians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The very strong Shelby Griswoldian economy, worth a remarkable 1,114 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Gambling, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 37,248 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 253,243 per year while the poor average 2,001, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, surveillance cameras are banned, the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, and Shelby Griswold has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Shelby Griswold's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shelby Griswold is ranked 123,446^th in the world and 1^st in Shelby Griswold for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.