The Empire of Hells Ninth Circle is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, complete lack of prisons, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 1.013 billion Hells Ninth Circleans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Hells Ninth Circlean economy, worth 27.1 trillion Coke's bottle caps 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 26,790 Coke's bottle caps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's nothing more gay than bleeding for your nation, the nation leads The North Pacific in per capita stalking, judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend, and busy commuters no longer hear the cries of "I want some more!" on the nation's streets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hells Ninth Circle's national animal is the Squirrel-Spider, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Hells Ninth Circle is ranked 195,654^th in the world and 8,857^th in The North Pacific for Largest Retail Industry, scoring -8.77 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.