The People's Republic of Hitentherps is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Llwyd Swavely with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, avant-garde cinema, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, humorless population of 5.631 billion Hitentherpsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crelnard. The average income tax rate is 77.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Hitentherpsian economy, worth 594 trillion pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 105,583 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, garishly-decorated government buildings are being hailed as the height of 'religious nouveau', the government is avowedly secular, and school lessons are constantly interrupted by 'teacher needs a break' time. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hitentherps's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Noclawas.

Hitentherps is ranked 20,240^th in the world and 35^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Lowest Crime Rates, with 89.52 law-abiding acts per hour.