The Grand Duchy of Hillanad is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 684 million Hillanadians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 32.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Hillanadian economy, worth 17.8 trillion lire a year, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,079 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The face of Leader is a permanent feature of the Hillanad City skyline, park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers, movies depict muscle-bound women kicking down a titanium door to carry hysterical men to safety, and armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Hillanad's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hillanad is ranked 205,530^th in the world and 17^th in The Sasquatch Republic for Most Primitive, scoring -77.46 on the Scary Big Number Scale.