The Dictatorship of Hey Man Nation is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 121 million Ligmas are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.3%.

The powerhouse Heteronian economy, worth 11.0 trillion big bois a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,193 big bois, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are told that foreigners are hungry ghosts who eat the flesh of the overly curious, the only crimes that get investigated are doughnut heists, families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country, and Heteronian athletes are close to breaking the 2 minute mile and the 16 meter long jump. Crime, especially youth-related, 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. Hey Man Nation's national animal is the wild caseohs, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hey Man Nation is ranked 133,760^th in the world and 5^th in Freight Train Nation for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,426.99 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.