The Free Land of Dr Coat Hanger is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 234 million Dr Coat Hangerians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 56.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Dr Coat Hangerian economy, worth 3.75 trillion back street cents 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 black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Pizza Delivery. 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 16,042 back street cents, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, Loud Patriotic Music Day has been ranked the seventh best new holiday of the year, the cat is a protected species, and vegetarianism is compulsory. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dr Coat Hanger's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Dr Coat Hanger is ranked 306,546^th in the world and 1^st in Right To Abort for Highest Average Incomes, with 16,042.09 Standard Monetary Units.