The Confederacy of Hideaway is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by First Representative with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 25.839 billion Hideawayans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Havenburgh. The average income tax rate is 97.7%.

The Hideawayan economy, worth a remarkable 2,149 trillion Shrapnels a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Tourism industry. Average income is 83,203 Shrapnels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy, one year's corporation tax from three international megacorporations has funded one dozen shiny black pencils for First Representative's office, workers have their fruitcake and eat it too, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hideaway's national animal is the Mullet, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hideaway is ranked 291,417^th in the world and 12^th in Albion for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 1,913.68 Standard Monetary Units.