The Dissociative State of Hardscrabble is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Dr Norvak Dolokai with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, free-roaming dinosaurs, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 10.433 billion Hardscrabblers hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Administration, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Squash Flats. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Hardscrabblean economy, worth a remarkable 2,129 trillion gold florgons a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 204,106 gold florgons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Nude art is becoming wildly popular, films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay, Dr Norvak Dolokai's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition, and computer users are buried daily in thousands of unsolicited emails. Crime is totally unknown. Hardscrabble's national animal is the wood shrew, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Church Of Charismatic Numismatists.

Hardscrabble is ranked 227,716^th in the world and 8,497^th in The North Pacific for Most Armed, with 0.16 Weapons Per Person.