Published by The Onion, a United States "fake news" organisation that specialises in putting a macabre twist on current events, the satirical atlas denotes New Zealand as "a world where nothing is what it seems".
"From rugged prairies to rugged mountains to rugged extras, New Zealand has all the locations and personnel required for a major Hollywood blockbuster, and if they do not have it they will simply create it in post (production)".
New Zealand consists of two islands, the atlas states, "though focus groups have indicated there is a market for a third".
The first island houses film studios, airplane hanger-sized special effects sets, and crew trailers.
"Citizens in this island are often asked to stay indoors during principle photography."
The second island consists of a holding area and parking lot for equipment trucks.
New Zealanders are ideal for casting in primary and secondary roles, it says.
"In addition, New Zealand contains a large indigenous population called the Maori, who are perfect for lighting, rigging, carpentry, or any stunts calling for an actor to be set on fire".
At least it got one thing right, noting New Zealanders hate being mistaken for Australians.
Under culture, it is "customary to exchange headshots when meeting a New Zealander for the first time".
Mocked up photos show hills with giant letters spelling out NEW ZEALAND plastered across them, in the same way HOLLYWOOD decorates the hills of Los Angeles.
New Zealand, whose most famous citizens are listed as director Peter Jackson and actor Russell Crowe, gets off lightly in comparison to others.
Samoa is portrayed as being inhabited by "the morbidly obese", and Papua New Guinea "a dangerous place to have a neck", as it is populated by savage headhunters.
Australia has "fallen prey to a deadly scourge of nature shows, with dozens of endemic species being poked, prodded, and bothered to the point of extinction".
Australia was set up as a penal colony by the pasty English, who considered "sunshine and warm weather" as the harshest punishment there was, the history section states.
Germany fares poorly as a nation that once struggled with "a harrowing Jew-killing addiction", while the Netherlands is home to drug use, prostitution and "unlicensed bicycling", and Greece 2500 years past its prime.
Northern Ireland has a Protestant majority that believes in killing Catholics, a Catholic minority that believes in killing Protestants, and a small percentage of those of no religion, who still enjoy killing people.
And the United States? "Founded in 1776 on the principles of life, liberty, and the reckless pursuit of happiness at any cost - even life and liberty." It says, Canada will never be as great as the US until it drops its policy of refusing to drill for oil in wildlife reserves and starts to "blindly support unilateral invasions of Middle Eastern states".
Our Dumb World was published in paperback in October.
