The Federal Republic of Horthgar is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Laios with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 915 million Horthgarians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Osomance. The average income tax rate is 83.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Horthgarian economy, worth 76.1 trillion euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 83,176 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The endangered saltwater humpback Bear is only seen in captivity programs, the nation is currently revamping its entire education system, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Horthgar's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Horthgar is ranked 15,652^nd in the world and 409^th in The East Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 132.42 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.