The Eye of Hurricane 76 is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Hurricane with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.8 billion Hurricaneans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 22.8%.

The Hurricanean economy, worth 274 trillion currencies a year, is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is 47,369 currencies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

The National Archive now covers square miles of warehouses in order to accommodate its new stone tablets system, women complaining about lack of opportunity are told to "man up", asking a friend if they like watermelons is a potentially criminal act, and a shocking number of estate planners are beneficiaries of their clients' wills. Crime is relatively low, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Hurricane 76's national animal is the animal and its national religion is Hurricaneanism.

Hurricane 76 is ranked 259,170^th in the world and 1^st in Perdition Inquisition for Nicest Citizens, with 8.23 average smiles per day.