The Empire of Shnooklandia is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 344 million Shnooklandians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.8%.

The very strong Shnooklandian economy, worth 21.5 trillion Nationstates Standard Crellars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 62,622 Nationstates Standard Crellars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 225,237 per year while the poor average 12,462, a ratio of 18.1 to 1.

Mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found, teddy bear James Dean (aka "the Rebel Without the Claws") helps convince kids that candy cigarettes are cool, citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm, and friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns. Crime is moderate. Shnooklandia's national animal is the Elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Shnooklandia is ranked 186,926^th in the world and 7,423^rd in Balder for Safest, scoring 50.87 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.