The Dictatorship of 2nd level of hell is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its national health service, compulsory vegetarianism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 2.472 billion 2nd level of hellians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 94.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming 2nd level of hellian economy, worth 357 trillion souls a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 144,590 souls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unpackaged foodstuffs rot on store shelves, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, winceyette robes are a popular Violetine's Day gift, and planes can be grounded for months simply because an inspector "didn't like the color". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 2nd level of hell's national animal is the demon thrall, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

2nd level of hell is ranked 269,947^th in the world and 10^th in free land for Fattest Citizens, with 5.2 Obesity Rate.