The Free Land of Sandy Shoals is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Princess Buttercup with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.685 billion Sandy Shoalsians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Muscle Shoals. The average income tax rate is 83.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sandy Shoalsian economy, worth 994 trillion Sand Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 102,718 Sand Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, the government is constantly producing new maps to accommodate the continual renaming of cities, and the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sandy Shoals's national animal is the Flibbertigibbet, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Mutual Admiration.

Sandy Shoals is ranked 47,091^st in the world and 1^st in Taco Island for Lowest Crime Rates, with 75.06 law-abiding acts per hour.