The United Socialist States of Hardrade Land is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Harald III Surovyj with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, cynical population of 2.311 billion Hardrade Landians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alba. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Hardrade Landian economy, worth 151 trillion Feathers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,503 Feathers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Nations that kill a Hardrade Landian can expect a strongly worded letter, antique comic book collectors are disappointed to hear that their treasures are worth exactly as little as their mothers said they were, kilts and cassocks are viewed with suspicion, and NPCs in MMORPGs regularly interrupt cutscenes with OOC reminders that they aren't real people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hardrade Land's national animal is the Swift bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Hardrade Land is ranked 51,278^th in the world and 4^th in Foxtopia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 179.03 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.