The Republic of Second Hell is a large, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 122 million Second Hellians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 72.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Second Hellian economy, worth 4.69 trillion Rocks 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 dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 38,453 Rocks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children seem to be getting better at lying these days, voting for pro-Bigtopian candidates is voluntary, frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines, and young people suspect their parents might be a little bit stupid. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Hell's national animal is the Satan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Second Hell is ranked 242,672^nd in the world and 10^th in Project Nighthawk for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 31.47 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.