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The Eye of The Hurricane is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Hurricane with an even hand, and remarkable for its digital currency, ubiquitous missile silos, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 5.863 billion Hurricaneans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eye of the Storm. The average income tax rate is 80.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hurricanean economy, worth a remarkable 2,517 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 429,470 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

It is common to see Maxémon Trainer listed on Hurricanean resumés, the Treasury and Finance Ministry have been outsourced, handling people's data is proving an immersive experience, and prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Hurricane's national animal is the Bird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Hurricaneanism.

The Hurricane is ranked 2,486^th in the world and 1^st in The Great Storm for Largest Black Market, with 3,176 trillion Standard Monetary Units.