The Republic of HJT204 is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.583 billion HJT204ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The HJT204ian economy, worth 82.1 trillion liberatuses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Retail, Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 51,851 liberatuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

There are no longer any roads less traveled, all industry is owned and run by the government, glamping HJT204ians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi, and government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. HJT204's national animal is the griffin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

HJT204 is ranked 247,502^nd in the world and 8,432^nd in Osiris for Nicest Citizens, with 1.3 average smiles per day.