The Military Industrial Empire of Hierro Land is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by God with an iron fist, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, free-roaming dinosaurs, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.377 billion Hierro Landians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry, Law & Order, and Education are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Divine Metropolis of Wealthistan. The average income tax rate is 96.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Hierro Landian economy, worth a remarkable 1,595 trillion Francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 472,319 Francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Attempted suicide is punishable by public hanging, citizens rise at daybreak every day for mandatory exercise, police drones follow every suspected Peeping Tom, and concussed Bomber planeball players cannot remember their lineup position. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hierro Land's national animal is the Bomber plane, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Violetism.

Hierro Land is ranked 785^th in the world and 9^th in 10000 Islands for Most Patriotic, with 132.18 flags saluted per person per day.