The Kingdom of Hunterdon is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by King Joseph III with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, sprawling nuclear power plants, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 2.987 billion Hunterdonians 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hunterdon. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Hunterdonian economy, worth 525 trillion ducats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 175,847 ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 655,995 per year while the poor average 33,050, a ratio of 19.8 to 1.

International collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Hunterdon, a surprising number of police officers have been arrested for ermine sacrifices, much of Hunterdon's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence, and Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hunterdon's national animal is the ermine, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Hunterdon is ranked 19,208^th in the world and 488^th in The East Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,054.25 pounds of wildlife per square mile.