The Incorporated Entity of Harmonious Paperclips is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Viceroy with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, anti-smoking policies, and aversion to nipples. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 29.151 billion Harpapzens are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cubiclelyse City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Harmonious Paperclipsian economy, worth an astonishing 21,705 trillion Bzytes a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is a breathtaking 744,585 Bzytes, with the richest citizens earning 7.7 times as much as the poorest.

The national Police Academies have dedicated infant wings, children have lost interest in toy guns in favor of toy meth lab kits, populations of two-headed Western scrub jays have been found around recently-uncovered archaeological sites, and the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Harmonious Paperclips's national animal is the Western scrub jay, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Harmonious Paperclips is ranked 131^st in the world and 5^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 272.45 law-abiding acts per hour.