The Commonwealth of HW2 Advanced is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, cynical population of 5.255 billion HW2 Advancedians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The tiny, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Advance. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The strong HW2 Advancedian economy, worth 389 trillion pesos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Gambling. Average income is 74,213 pesos, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Advance, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, and military spending is on the increase. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. HW2 Advanced's national animal is the tiger, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

HW2 Advanced is ranked 304,383^rd in the world and 29^th in The Wave Experience for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -4.47 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.