The Level of Expiration Date is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Quad with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, parental licensing program, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 1.264 billion victors enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.2%.

The powerhouse Expiration Datean economy, worth 92.8 trillion frame perfects a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Pizza Delivery, and Trout Farming. Average income is 73,384 frame perfects, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 361,367 per year while the poor average 8,501, a ratio of 42.5 to 1.

Citizens are arrested for naturally producing proteins, sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors, polite commuters on the Expiration Date City Metro always let hurried workers off the train first, and idyllic countryside scenes see border collies herding sixty-ton dinosaurs. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Expiration Date's national animal is the wave.

Expiration Date is ranked 117,477^th in the world and 5,310^th in Balder for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 2,734.02 on the Hickory Productivity Index.