The Eye of Hurricane 154 is a massive, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working population of 1.275 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Launch Site. The average income tax rate is 22.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Hurricanean economy, worth 53.1 trillion materials a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 41,665 materials, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Traffic cops are puzzled to see that nobody exceeds the speed limits, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, after every storm there's an expensive government-funded rainbow, and Hurricane 154 has designated Launch Site as its capital city. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hurricane 154's national animal is the space rocket, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hurricane 154 is ranked 241,017^th in the world and 1^st in The RMB Space Program for Highest Average Incomes, with 41,665.66 Standard Monetary Units.