The Sultanate of Hammadian is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sultan Murad Ali Khan IV with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, avant-garde cinema, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed population of 3.014 billion Hammadians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Suleimanabad. The average income tax rate is 66.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Hammadianian economy, worth 322 trillion Shikwafashuds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 106,903 Shikwafashuds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Centuries-old marble buildings are being torn down and replaced with corrugated steel wind tunnels, it is popularly believed that "cheese every day keeps disaster away", the government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene, and trains and passengers alike are often late. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hammadian's national animal is the Horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Islam.

Hammadian is ranked 26,931^st in the world and 1,038^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 83 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.