The Holy Apocalypse of Land Without Shrimp is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Buffy Summers with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 8.828 billion scoobies have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government prioritizes Education, although Industry, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Defense and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sunnydale. The average income tax rate is 36.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Land Without Shrimpian economy, worth a remarkable 2,977 trillion kittens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 337,322 kittens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Nuclear physics is the most popular course at university, tourists often cite 'hiding money in an off-shore banking account' as their main reason to visit the nation, it is believed that belligerence is a passing phase foreign leaders will soon outgrow, and textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be. 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 2,060^th in the world and 76^th in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 97.58 on the Human Development Index.