The United Socialist States of Hardrade Land is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Harald III Surovyj with an iron fist, and notable for its digital currency, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 2.348 billion Hardrade Landians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alba. The average income tax rate is 68.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Hardrade Landian economy, worth 158 trillion Feathers a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,397 Feathers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats, libraries are replacing history books and classic novels with technical manuals and trades directories to match the nation's changing demands, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, and people make a career out of medical voyeurism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hardrade Land's national animal is the Swift bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Hardrade Land is ranked 82,523^rd in the world and 10^th in Foxtopia for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,596.47 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.