The Eye of The Hurricane is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Hurricane with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 5.588 billion Hurricaneans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of North Pole. The average income tax rate is 76.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hurricanean economy, worth a remarkable 2,277 trillion Candy Canes a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 407,561 Candy Canes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's interest in space is at an all-time high while interest in saving the planet is at an all-time low, Hurricane's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners, mandatory updates on software drivers often bring life to a halt, and descriptions of properties as "a stone's throw from the city centre" require a trebuchet to be true. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Hurricane's national animal is the Bird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Hurricaneanism.

The Hurricane is ranked 1,159^th in the world and 1^st in The Great Storm for Highest Average Incomes, with 407,561.44 Standard Monetary Units.