The Sultanate of Harshistan is a large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 93 million Harshistanians 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 72.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Harshistanian economy, worth 1.54 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 16,583 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Harshistan's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Harshistan is ranked 45,052^nd in the world and 4^th in Stubby Toe for Safest, scoring 104.24 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.