Very often the praise comes by way of her fruits. The Land of grapes, figs, dates, barley, etc. It's also worthy to note that it is Moshe Rabbeinu who is doing most of the talking this sefer. This is a strange line in Yuma because the Torah clearly tells us the punishments in those chapters dealing with criminal offenses. What measure of the criminal act warrants the punishment that was mentioned in that chapter dealing with the crime.
Measurements are literally the difference between life and death.
So this is the information that Moshe taught us. Then the Gemorah brings down another opinion that the Beis Din of Yaivitz decreed these measures. Very often, when two or more opinions are mentioned, one is true for the level the world is on and one is true for the world at a difference place and time. Bais Shamai's laws were for a world that was capable of existsing under a the strict standards of Justice. Accordlingly he chased this man out with a stick for his foolish request.