The Infernal Machinations of Hobbledehoy ITA is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Crazy Horse with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 30.91 billion Hobbledehoy ITAians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lead City. The average income tax rate is 80.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Hobbledehoy ITAian economy, worth 611 trillion Always 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is 19,779 Always, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it, political satirists and late night comedians weep as the government begins cleaning up its act, the nation's diplomats shake hands with those whose hands are drenched in the blood of innocents, and there's a mortuary next to every Hobbledehoy ITAian restaurant. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hobbledehoy ITA's national animal is the Watching, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Dogs Dinner.

Hobbledehoy ITA is ranked 48,175^th in the world and 1^st in FluffyBunnikins4 for Most Beautiful Environments, with 695.61 pounds of wildlife per square mile.