The Dumbfound Town of Hobbledehoy is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, national health service, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic population of 31.623 billion Hobbledehoyians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Social Policy. The average income tax rate is 85.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Hobbledehoyian economy, worth a remarkable 1,583 trillion De Hoys a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 50,059 De Hoys, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The arms industry has been shut down in a surge of pacifism, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, the people of Hobbledehoy are renowned for their nihilistic attitudes, and referenda are held for every conceivable government action. Crime is totally unknown. Hobbledehoy's national animal is the Hobble, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Hobbledehoy is ranked 34,270^th in the world and 1^st in Free Palestine for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 50.37 on the Kitten Softness Rating.