The Pink Holy Winter Wonderland of Hurricane MDCXCVI is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Hurricane with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, zero percent divorce rate, and aversion to nipples. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.904 billion Hurricaneans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Industry, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while International Aid and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrassil. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Hurricanean economy, worth 291 trillion gold bars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Gambling, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 153,271 gold bars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,025,971 per year while the poor average 8,627, a ratio of 118 to 1.

Cloning has been banned, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, the question of 'what is Hurricane's favorite color?' has been given a priority rating of burnt-orange, and casino tax breaks are even bigger than their jackpots. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Hurricane MDCXCVI's national animal is the bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Hurricaneanism.

Hurricane MDCXCVI is ranked 7,680^th in the world and 5^th in The UMNS for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 9,195.01 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.