The Confederacy of Hideaway is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by First Representative with a fair hand, and renowned for its hatred of cheese, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 30.626 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 Welfare. 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 2,334 trillion Shrapnels a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Tourism industry. Average income is 76,235 Shrapnels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Hideawayan police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, the government single-handedly sustains the bunk bed market, and death is nobody's business. 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 178,164^th in the world and 7^th in Albion for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,275.33 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.