The Most Serene Republic of Holo Defense API is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its parental licensing program, soft-spoken computers, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 2.379 billion Holo Defense APIians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Holo Defense APIian economy, worth 230 trillion Star Rods a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 96,719 Star Rods, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, and the sun now sets on the Holo Defense APIian Empire. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Holo Defense API's national animal is the Fire Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Holo Defense API is ranked 22,264^th in the world and 1^st in The Fountain of Dreams for Highest Poor Incomes, with 87,095.74 Standard Monetary Units.