The Empire of Hell Storm is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 584 million Hell Storms have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of your moms house. The average income tax rate is 28.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Hell Stormian economy, worth 31.3 trillion souls a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,614 souls, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Man-love is banned in the name of His love, the nation's diplomats shake hands with those whose hands are drenched in the blood of innocents, in government offices a hidden killer takes the lives of ministers and civil servants, and thousands of picky mothers-in-law have been recruited to serve as even pickier cookery instructors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hell Storm's national animal is the satin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hell Storm is ranked 166,055^th in the world and 3^rd in Hell fire for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 58.64 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.