The Confederacy of Hookem is a large, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 144 million Hookemians 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.7%.

The strong Hookemian economy, worth 9.80 trillion Dine-In Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 68,043 Dine-In Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Only the brainiest citizens become academics, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, condos feature wall-mounted cages containing endangered animals, and a flying elephant and Leader share the same nickname. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Hookem's national animal is the Longhorns, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hookem is ranked 279,274^th in the world and 58^th in Benigtopia for Largest Black Market, with 71.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.