The Republic of Hinterlandia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by El Presidente bongus with a fair hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.891 billion Hinterlandians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Concrete prefab human development. The average income tax rate is 69.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Hinterlandian economy, worth 168 trillion 6061 Aluminum Alloys a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,113 6061 Aluminum Alloys, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits, signs saying "No Poor People or Weirdoes" are common outside shops and cafés, and the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hinterlandia's national animal is the Puffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cringism.

Hinterlandia is ranked 282,385^th in the world and 165^th in Philosophers for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -11.92 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.