The Lamb pate with toast, lamb kebab with satay sauce, stuffed leg of lamb with rosemary and pine nuts, lamb shank hotpot pie with pickled red cabbage, aromatic lamb casserole with prunes, fruity lamb tagine of The BlAAtschApen is a behemoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Glorious Shepherd with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, parental licensing program, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 51.215 billion Schapens enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny, outspoken government is dominated by the Department of Education, although Social Policy is also considered important, while Defense and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Das Kapital Cities. Income tax is unheard of.

The enormous but sluggish BlAAtschApenian economy, worth a remarkable 6,630 trillion keiters a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 129,467 keiters, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

Only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, state dairy cow's milk is a shear-thickening fluid that can stop small-caliber bullets, for some reason the census focuses on daily banana ingestion and hourly quip rate, and getting an autograph has become harder than ever. Crime is totally unknown. The BlAAtschApen's national animal is the bo peep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is atheism.

The BlAAtschApen is ranked 307,094^th in the world and 7^th in Snazzy for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring -27.31 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.