The Empire of Hecrewyth is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its teetotalling pirates, barren, inhospitable landscape, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 679 million Hecrewythians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vraslirith. The average income tax rate is 63.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Hecrewythian economy, worth 110 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 162,720 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government has put a kid glove on the invisible hand of the free market, colonial citizens are forced to sing the praise of the "Great Hecrewythian Liberator", the rainbow assortment of chemicals in the water has turned the frogs gay, and it's usual for grandparents to stay in the family home with their descendants but younger children are often frightened of them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hecrewyth's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Hecrewyth is ranked 254,707^th in the world and 755^th in Concord for Safest, scoring 16.42 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.