The Cunning Wolf of Holo the Wise is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The devout population of 7.872 billion Lupines are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 41.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Lupine economy, worth 495 trillion Silvers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,001 Silvers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried WOLF Dung" has been declared a national treasure, dealers go from pushing drugs to pushing up daisies, every day's an auto-de-fé day, and whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Holo the Wise's national animal is the WOLF, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Holo the Wise is ranked 202,798^th in the world and 11,150^th in Balder for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -1.18 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.