The People's Republic of Huosheng is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Chairman Xuanxiao with an iron fist, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, compulsory military service, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.94 billion Huoshen are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shenligang. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Huoshen economy, worth a remarkable 4,213 trillion won a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 352,910 won, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Public shaming has become the favoured form of punishment, a proud mining community is considering a rebellion after the Capital officially renamed them 'District XII', the church encourages double-dipping, and the police crack down on tax evaders without mercy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Huosheng's national animal is the asiatic black bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Caodaism.

Huosheng is ranked 332,785^th in the world and 1^st in Auralands for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 4.54 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.