The Tenth Republic of Hiram Land is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by William Monte with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.319 billion Hiram Landers enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greenfield. The average income tax rate is 96.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Hiramian economy, worth a remarkable 1,412 trillion Drets a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 169,775 Drets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

William Monte's office is running a trade deficit of midnight oil, national parks have long lines of different gender-specific 'Porta-Pottys', foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best, and the nation's democracy attracts huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hiram Land's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is None Official.

Hiram Land is ranked 6,147^th in the world and 6^th in United Forum of Nations for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 4,110.18 on the Societal Mobility Rating.