The Dictatorship of The Hilwestroustand is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Phoenix Supreme with an iron fist, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 15.61 billion Hilwesters are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Histonia. The average income tax rate is 83.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hilwestroustandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,878 trillion mahrcs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 120,340 mahrcs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines, serial killers share cells with serial jaywalkers, the government snoops on private internet connections, and doctors who mutter "Oh my God" often lose their medical license. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Hilwestroustand's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Hilwestroustand is ranked 95,140^th in the world and 11^th in Hartfelden for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,259.01 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.