The Republic of Second Hell is a large, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 179 million Second Hellians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Second Hellian economy, worth 6.91 trillion Rocks 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 dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 38,599 Rocks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Saying that someone looks a bit pale can be construed as hate speech, Second Hellians incessantly needle their doctors for relief, belligerent citizens shoot at passing clouds for 'violating their airspace', and every politician claims to be at least 1% Native Second Hellian. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Hell's national animal is the Satan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Second Hell is ranked 45,922^nd in the world and 1^st in Project Nighthawk for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,080.74 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.