The Free Land of GNU Hurd is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and daily referendums. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 767 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 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 27.3%.

The very strong GNU Hurdian economy, worth 49.7 trillion servers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 64,831 servers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 241,851 per year while the poor average 12,184, a ratio of 19.8 to 1.

Schoolchildren are divided over Leader's "Why Tigers are Cooler than Lions" speech, it's believed that women's brains will overheat if they think for themselves, Tom and Jerry cartoons have cat and mouse resolving their problems with reasoned discussion, and biker gangs and fashionistas are converting to Violetism en masse. 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 34,927^th in the world and 9^th in Conservative Guild for Most Cultured, scoring 77 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.