The Free Land of GNU Hurd is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and daily referendums. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 899 million GNU Hurdians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of GNU Mach. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.4%.

The very strong GNU Hurdian economy, worth 58.0 trillion servers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 64,551 servers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 237,280 per year while the poor average 12,417, a ratio of 19.1 to 1.

Many of the unemployed have had the fight taken out of them, women across the country are tying the knot, GNU Mach consists only of government buildings and the mansions of government janitors, and saying that someone looks a bit pale can be construed as hate speech. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GNU Hurd's national animal is the GNU.

GNU Hurd is ranked 33,721^st in the world and 4^th in Conservative Guild for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,493.1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.