The United States of The Hill Republic is a very large, pleasant nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, ritual sacrifices, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 108 million Hill Republicians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 14.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Hill Republician economy, worth 5.22 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 48,303 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires, traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways, it's never "just a game" with Hill Republician sports fans, and both vegetables and viruses are often smuggled across the border. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. The Hill Republic's national animal is the turtle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

The Hill Republic is ranked 124,320^th in the world and 146^th in Thaecia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 75.71 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.