The Commonwealth of Hexatombe is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.239 billion Flagellators are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vampir. The average income tax rate is 31.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Flagellator economy, worth 120 trillion Scrap metals a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,543 Scrap metals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Leader has just been declared ruler of Hexatombe in an international press conference, almost all products in Hexatombe are hand-crafted due to strict employment laws, global warming is heating up, and extraordinary tribunals try accused financial criminals. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Hexatombe's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Hexatombe is ranked 67,267^th in the world and 837^th in The East Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring 42.8 on the Scary Big Number Scale.