The Army of Hamilcar Barcas is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Hamilcar Barcas with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 30.688 billion Hamilcar Barcasians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, with Defense also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare are ignored. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Hamilcar Barcasian economy, worth a remarkable 6,006 trillion shekels a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Gambling, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 195,736 shekels, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,796,242 per year while the poor average 2,240, a ratio of 801 to 1.

The military conducts 'training exercises' in prisons, the government has been criticized for giving away Hamilcar Barcas's territory to anyone who claims it, the government has repealed elections for fear of 'mob rule', and the native owl population is in permanent hibernation. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Hamilcar Barcas's national animal is the elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hamilcar Barcas is ranked 283,045^th in the world and 10,774^th in Lazarus for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -15.81 on the Clooney Contribution Index.