The Unitary Sovereign Republic of The Hanzanburg Union is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Supreme President Hansen Heinrichson V with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and ritual sacrifices. The compassionate, devout population of 15.021 billion Hanzanburgians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hansenborough City. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Hanzanburgish economy, worth a remarkable 3,154 trillion Hanzanburgian Zandmarks a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 209,990 Hanzanburgian Zandmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The rich tend their gardens inside gated urban farming communities, the government says that Possession is nine-tenths of the Lore, reams of paperwork signed in triplicate have taken the magic out of magic, and descriptions of properties as "a stone's throw from the city centre" require a trebuchet to be true. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Hanzanburg Union's national animal is the Golden Emperor Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Buddhism.

The Hanzanburg Union is ranked 130,552^nd in the world and 11^th in The Embassy for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 2,241.91 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.