The Eternal Gratitude of Land Without Shrimp is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Buffy with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, national health service, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 17.094 billion Canadians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sunnydale. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Canadian economy, worth a remarkable 7,133 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 417,295 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,228,024 per year while the poor average 111,647, a ratio of 11.0 to 1.

Parking's carefree without parking car fees, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly, dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission, and embarrassed police officers wear spandex and carry net guns. Crime is totally unknown. Land Without Shrimp's national animal is the vampyre, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Land Without Shrimp is ranked 45,389^th in the world and 720^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 5,005.27 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.