The Queen's State of Ruffled Hackles is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its burgeoning deer population. The democratic population of 25.089 billion Ruffled Hacklesians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Law & Order, Healthcare, and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 20.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Ruffled Hacklesian economy, worth 774 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Retail, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 30,877 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All tariffs have been abolished, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, none has been named as Ruffled Hackles's national religion, and Ruffled Hackles has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ruffled Hackles's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is none.

Ruffled Hackles is ranked 164,352^nd in the world and 8^th in Stockholm for Most Primitive, scoring -62.45 on the Scary Big Number Scale.