The Dissociative State of Hardscrabble is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Dr Norvak Dolokai with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, national health service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 10.186 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 receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Squash Flats. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Hardscrabblean economy, worth a remarkable 2,035 trillion 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 impressive 199,791 florgons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Bins outnumber trees in city parks, flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug, stone wrist watches that weigh 20lb are the latest trend, and the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign government's extravagances. 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 18,440^th in the world and 230^th in The North Pacific for Most Politically Free, scoring 85.86 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.