The Horrific Nightmare of Hellscapia is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by 20 the Devil with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.895 billion demons 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 20 Pandæmonium. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The enormous but inefficient evil economy, worth a remarkable 1,480 trillion sins a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 166,392 sins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, punk rockers smash it up and then clean it up, many citizens refuse to smile lest they reveal their gold fillings, and baize on snooker tables has been stripped for "appearing too hedonistic". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Hellscapia's national animal is the cerberus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is 20 Satanism.

Hellscapia is ranked 4,814^th in the world and 6^th in Hell for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 95.69 Effective Tax Rate.