The Dictatorship of Hoot is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its aversion to nipples, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 297 million Hootians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 49.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Hootian economy, worth 23.3 trillion bells a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 78,512 bells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Religious bigotry is not allowed but bigotry against theism is encouraged, historical commemorations regularly devolve into militaristic jingoism, there is an abondance of ackawi and zartschmelzend in every Hootian grocery store, and citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over Hoot. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hoot's national animal is the birb, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hoot is ranked 241,540^th in the world and 421^st in Sophia for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -4.24 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.