The Community of Harmonious Optimization is a fledgling, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 6 million Harmonious Optimizationians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 71.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The developing Harmonious Optimizationian economy, worth 187 billion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is 31,293 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military doctrine says not to open fire until you see the "beady little eyes" of Johnny Foreigner, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, and the nation's official head of religious affairs is an atheist. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Harmonious Optimization's national animal is the armadillo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Harmonious Optimization is ranked 313,184^th in the world and 33^rd in QA nerds for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 8,918.55 Standard Monetary Units.