The Peoples Republic of Inkwell of Inkwell Hell is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Paul Valtonen with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.921 billion Inkwellians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of South Skiaperthparkes. The average income tax rate is 91.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Inkwellish economy, worth 255 trillion IHkrones a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 132,857 IHkrones, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Referenda are banned by law and the Parliament has absolute control of the legislative process, rude retail employees are now even ruder homeless panhandlers, people on the brink of death are put through unwanted and stressful procedures, and barbed wire entanglements and guard towers surround the South Skiaperthparkes Natural History Museum. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Inkwell Hell's national animal is the Moose, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Lutheran.

Inkwell Hell is ranked 59,061^st in the world and 31^st in Abydos for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 189,648 Standard Monetary Units.