The Road to Serfdom of Highway Eighty-Eight is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Most Holy Gas Gauge with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, complete absence of social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 11.545 billion motorists hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roadsalem. The average income tax rate is 42.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong motorist economy, worth 405 trillion Roadshekels a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 35,108 Roadshekels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Churches frequently hold public 'contraception burnings', prisons are filled with the cackles and sobs of a deranged inmate population, the government is in utter turmoil following the recent abolishment of the tax code, and cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem. Highway Eighty-Eight's national animal is the motorist, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roadaeism.

Highway Eighty-Eight is ranked 234,113^th in the world and 19^th in Libertatem for Safest, scoring 21.38 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.