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The Armed Republic of Hells Armies is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Lucifer with an iron fist, and renowned for its enforced nudity, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 26.156 billion Devils 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helltown. The average income tax rate is 61.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Hells Armiesian economy, worth 69.1 trillion Dollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 2,642 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Public nudity is compulsory, Hells Armies has designated Helltown as its capital city, Hellism has been named as Hells Armies's national religion, and Lucifer has just been declared ruler of Hells Armies in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hells Armies's national animal is the rattlesnake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Hellism.

Hells Armies is ranked 255,305^th in the world and 2^nd in Midwestern for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 20 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.