The Allied States of Hogston is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Tom Gollock with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, absence of drug laws, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.742 billion Hogstonians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lohnbork. The average income tax rate is 27.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Hogstonian economy, worth 225 trillion Hogstones a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,278 Hogstones, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign powers often deal with problems that Hogston can't handle, unemployed judges can be found squatting in abandoned courthouses, for 25 Hogstones tourists can gawk at the site of national tragedy, and Calvinball players are lost for days as they wander the vast halls of their new academies. Crime is relatively low. Hogston's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Folosofosm.

Hogston is ranked 321,624^th in the world and 9^th in Alliance of Sovereign Nations for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring zero on the Orwell Orderliness Index.