The Approaching Autumn of Land Without Shrimp is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Buffy with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 22.22 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, liberal 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 an astonishing 10,438 trillion 20s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 469,774 20s, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,648,316 per year while the poor average 97,123, a ratio of 17.0 to 1.

Fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, politicians constantly ring their voters to remind them how good a job they're doing, children are raised bilingual from an early age, and record executives compete over space on buskers' setlists. Crime is totally unknown. Land Without Shrimp's national animal is the Easter bunny, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Land Without Shrimp is ranked 8^th in the world and 2^nd in the South Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 1,725 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.