The Republic of HJT483 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 900 million HJT483ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 41.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish HJT483ian economy, worth 15.8 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, Basket Weaving, and Retail. 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 17,545 liberatuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Underage drinkers are dragged through the streets and put in the stocks, scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards, schoolchildren learn basic numeracy by counting off their push-ups, and sniffer dogs are trained to follow clouds of fruity-smelling vapor. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. HJT483's national animal is the griffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

HJT483 is ranked 195,180^th in the world and 6,944^th in Balder for Most Armed, with 0.27 weapons per person.