The Dissociative State of Hardscrabble is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Dr Norvak Dolokai with a fair hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 10.799 billion Hardscrabblers hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Defense and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Squash Flats. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Hardscrabblean economy, worth a remarkable 2,271 trillion gold florgons a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 210,350 gold florgons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, psychiatrists that date patients are congratulated on their romantic conquests, political detractors refer to Dr Norvak Dolokai as 'that Bigtopian puppet', and politicians tend to speak more loudly and slowly these days. Crime is totally unknown. Hardscrabble's national animal is the wood shrew, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Church Of Charismatic Numismatists.

Hardscrabble is ranked 215,711^th in the world and 8,512^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 111.83 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.