The Free Land of Hanshedrik is a titanic, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, democratic population of 18.146 billion Hanshedrikians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, although Education and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Athens. The average income tax rate is 6.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Hanshedrikian economy, worth a remarkable 1,136 trillion Minoan tala a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 62,641 Minoan tala, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Leader has just been declared ruler of Hanshedrik in an international press conference, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, light entertainment isn't dead, and fiscal policy hawks decry the sizable "panem et circenses" fund added to the public budget. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Hanshedrik's national animal is the little owl, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Hanshedrik is ranked 130,824^th in the world and 3^rd in Funen for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.