The Province of Henan is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Xie Fuzhan with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 29.234 billion Henanese are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Public Transport. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zhengzhou 郑州市. The average income tax rate is 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Henanese economy, worth 493 trillion renminbis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 16,874 renminbis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Xie Fuzhan has just been declared ruler of Henan in an international press conference, Confucianism has been named as Henan's national religion, Henan has designated Zhengzhou 郑州市 as its capital city, and pro-democracy protesters are shot on sight by state police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Henan's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Confucianism.

Henan is ranked 252,064^th in the world and 87^th in Terranova for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -3.1 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.