The Kingdom of WhyDoesThisNeedToExist is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 264 million Damneds 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hellscape. The average income tax rate is 25.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming WhyDoesThisNeedToExistian economy, worth 25.4 trillion dollars 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. 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 96,386 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth, peer pressure from cooler world leaders directs WhyDoesThisNeedToExistian government policy, terrorist videos start by thanking their sponsors, and WhyDoesThisNeedToExistian scientists are mixing chewing tobacco with bacon flavouring in an attempt to craft the perfect male snack. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. WhyDoesThisNeedToExist's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

WhyDoesThisNeedToExist is ranked 178,191^st in the world and 115^th in Hell for Safest, scoring 55.98 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.