The Republic of Fishmonger Hub is a large, safe nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 135 million Fishmonger Hubians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Fishmonger Hubian economy, worth 2.94 trillion Fish a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 21,743 Fish, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fishmonger Hub's national animal is the Fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Fishmonger Hub is ranked 109,486^th in the world and 1^st in Fishmongolia for Nicest Citizens, with 14.16 average smiles per day.