The Confederacy of Misery Ridge is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its frequent executions, unlimited-speed roads, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 19.845 billion Misery Ridgeans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Misery Tavern. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.9%.

The powerhouse Misery Ridgean economy, worth a remarkable 2,081 trillion Nitrochloroforms a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 104,863 Nitrochloroforms, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 315,532 per year while the poor average 27,186, a ratio of 11.6 to 1.

The government's economic policy is "sort it yourself", prison visits increase substantially during election years, the government has enacted freedom of information, and city rooftops are pockmarked with the shattered remains of experimental delivery drones. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Misery Ridge's national animal is the Hog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Misery Ridge is ranked 204,861^st in the world and 36^th in Scandinavia for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 648.87 on the Societal Mobility Rating.