The Confederacy of Hideaway is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by First Representative with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 31.245 billion Hideawayans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Havenburgh. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The enormous but inefficient Hideawayan economy, worth a remarkable 2,271 trillion Shrapnels a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Tourism industry. Average income is 72,699 Shrapnels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Nations that kill a Hideawayan can expect a strongly worded letter, the government has spread itself thin, government ministers sport new billboards that read 'Will Trade Votes for Private Members' Bill Support', and political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hideaway's national animal is the Mullet, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hideaway is ranked 81,480^th in the world and 4^th in Albion for Nudest, with 176.5 cheeks per square mile.