The Kingdom of Big Hug is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Gabriel do Amaral Valverde with an iron fist, and remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, sprawling nuclear power plants, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.331 billion Hugianos are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hugin Valley. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Big Hugian economy, worth 343 trillion Cinzeiro Reais a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 147,563 Cinzeiro Reais, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Roadside walls are being built and mother nature is paying for it, radio stations are forbidden to play anything with too much drum or bass, many aides in Gabriel do Amaral Valverde's office are known to be serial jaywalkers, and couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Big Hug's national animal is the Raposa Azulada, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Amaralismo.

Big Hug is ranked 180,678^th in the world and 175^th in Kantrias for Safest, scoring 54.5 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.