The Holy Empire of Hellflames is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The quiet, industrious population of 162 million Hellflamesians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 16.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Hellflamesian economy, worth 6.54 trillion Ashes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Pizza Delivery, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,358 Ashes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Cat memes without alt text are now illegal, there have been reports of people marrying housepets, the government seizes all major gold finds, and good-looking doctors are obliged by law to give foot rubs to Leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hellflames's national animal is the Phoenix, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Hellflames is ranked 137,548^th in the world and 100^th in Hell for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.19 law-abiding acts per hour.