Thanks- it's of course just satire. I don't at all think it's a "shitty" island, I just like to tease, and I try to make a point of satirising America nearly as much as the UK, but sometimes it's harder because:
1) America is constantly already satirised by British people/media
2) I live here, and the things that i think are funny/annoying that I encounter every day are... British things.