The Insular Area of Heartbreak Cay is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its parental licensing program, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical, devout population of 2.403 billion Heartbreak Cayians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cordiae City. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Heartbreak Cayian economy, worth 214 trillion Imperial Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 89,210 Imperial Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Self-sufficiency is built on seizing foreign assets, judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend, Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Cordiae City to enjoy their national art, and brains have been removed from lists of best brain foods. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Heartbreak Cay's national animal is the Argyrean Tobacco Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Heartbreak Cay is ranked 307,051^st in the world and 14^th in Island for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -15.19 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.