The Hell of Holochwost is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its digital currency, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 826 million Holochwostians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of miles. The average income tax rate is 35.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Holochwostian economy, worth 35.9 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,435 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomats shake hands with their right and hide a poison dagger in their left, road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, Leader can cry on demand, and war vets look after war animals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Holochwost's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Holochwost is ranked 150,147^th in the world and 4^th in land of the cat for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 35.25 Effective Tax Rate.