The Dominion of Card Hellhound is a small, cultured nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 29 million Card Hellhoundians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 32.3%.

The Card Hellhoundian economy, worth 1.73 trillion Linguins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 59,685 Linguins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Drawing men's naughty bits isn't considered to be art, the only way to escape lengthy prison terms is in a body bag, rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, and visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card Hellhound's national animal is the Hellhound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Card Hellhound is ranked 229,148^th in the world and 1^st in Hellhound Forest for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 29.61 on the Bus Surprisal Index.