The Military Democracy of El Hierro is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Pilar Llop with an even hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.634 billion El Hierroans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Villa de Valverde. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient El Hierroan economy, worth a remarkable 2,604 trillion Euros a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 301,709 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings, citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, a government program is underway to revitalize El Hierro's beaches, and the nation is wading into dangerous waters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. El Hierro's national animal is the El Hierro Giant Lizard, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Atheism.

El Hierro is ranked 65,286^th in the world and 74^th in Morpheus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,245.2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.