The Eight legged skeleton spider of Shelob is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, frequent executions, and smutty television. The compassionate, cynical population of 28.594 billion Shelobians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 34.0%.

The very strong Shelobian economy, worth a remarkable 1,498 trillion Orcs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,397 Orcs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Auditors are gutting every governmental department, wigged-out hunters report playing croquet with the Queen of Hearts, consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, and the people are famous throughout the region for their bleached-white teeth. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shelob's national animal is the Spider, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shelob is ranked 121,089^th in the world and 2^nd in The Skeleton Army for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,125.33 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.