The Holy Libertarian Empire of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Jebediah Money with an iron fist, and renowned for its enslaved workforce, frequent executions, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 6.857 billion Horseshoes and Hand Grenadesians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Big Bucksville. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Horseshoes and Hand Grenadesian economy, worth 687 trillion Currencies a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,275 Currencies, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 310,575 per year while the poor average 24,944, a ratio of 12.5 to 1.

The government maintains a Department of Skulduggery, libraries are refusing to stock A Midsummer Night's Dream because it has an ass in it, the name of the "Butcher of Bigtopia" adorns shirts across Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, and virtually all of the country's economic activity takes place in Big Bucksville. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Horseshoes and Hand Grenades's national animal is the Animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is We Fool You.

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades is ranked 53,075^th in the world and 1,008^th in The East Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 53,446.85 Standard Monetary Units.