The Republic of Hvozd is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, soft-spoken computers, and frequent executions. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.091 billion Hvozdians 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, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.7%.

The all-consuming Hvozdian economy, worth 112 trillion Ducats 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, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an impressive 102,659 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 300,786 per year while the poor average 27,637, a ratio of 10.9 to 1.

Amorous nobles always bring the same disappointing gift to weddings, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, and hand-to-hand combat experience is udderly essential for all dairy ranchers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hvozd's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Hvozd is ranked 305,807^th in the world and 899^th in Novaya Zemlya for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -14.39 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.