The People's commonwealth of Hardyism is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.365 billion Hardyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gainesville. The average income tax rate is 92.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hardyian economy, worth 572 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 131,266 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Engineers ask liberal arts majors "Do you want fries with that?", the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, the trail of chickpeas is a controversial part of middle school curriculum, and conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hardyism's national animal is the Chesapeke Bay Retriever, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hardyism is ranked 150,723^rd in the world and 2,010^th in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 477.14 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.