The Confederacy of Hookem is a mid-sized, pleasant nation, renowned for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 67 million Hookemians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The strong Hookemian economy, worth 4.22 trillion Dine-In Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 63,028 Dine-In Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

There's nothing more Hookemian than revanchism, the musical cognoscenti insist the national anthem just isn't the same without a double contrabass flute, wheelchair-enabled paratroopers need access ramps to get onto planes but not off them, and people who have never eaten chicken are told it tastes a bit like crocodile. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Hookem's national animal is the Longhorns, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hookem is ranked 9,161^st in the world and 15^th in Benigtopia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,902.78 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.