The Republic of Hildland is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 83 million Hildlandians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Hildlandian economy, worth 544 billion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 6,554 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hildland's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hildland is ranked 202,343^rd in the world and 1,389^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 321.95 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.