The People's Republic of Hitentherps is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Llwyd Swavely with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory vegetarianism, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 10.85 billion Hitentherpsians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crelnard. The average income tax rate is 79.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hitentherpsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,226 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 113,028 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Billions are being spent on a new island airport, the song 'They Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Hitentherps' is a smash hit, frequent flyers are chiseled into statues, and tourists need only sign on the dotted line to become citizens. 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 27,997^th in the world and 91^st in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Nicest Citizens, with 20.42 average smiles per day.