The Free Land of GNU Hurd is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and daily referendums. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 425 million GNU Hurdians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of GNU Mach. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.9%.

The very strong GNU Hurdian economy, worth 27.0 trillion servers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 63,497 servers, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 254,879 per year while the poor average 10,600, a ratio of 24.0 to 1.

Inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters, small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants, and boys are shocked by the revolutionary lesson that women are actually human. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GNU Hurd's national animal is the GNU.

GNU Hurd is ranked 39,986^th in the world and 2^nd in Conservative Guild for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 24.04 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.