The Republic of Hawk57 is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed population of 5.229 billion Hawk57ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 45.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Hawk57ian economy, worth 309 trillion pounds 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. 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 59,135 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations, and skateboarding is punishable by heavy fines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hawk57's national animal is the squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hawk57 is ranked 74,784^th in the world and 1,358^th in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,455.7 on the Gilded Widget Scale.