The Nomadic Peoples of Hepcats is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Martin Wagner with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.46 billion Hepcats enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Austin. The average income tax rate is 94.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Hepcatsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,996 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 160,266 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Court cases mostly involve lawyers shouting questions at witnesses giving silent shrugs, the black market offers sweet deals, the government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists, and journalists often nap through tedious police press briefings. Crime is totally unknown. Hepcats's national animal is the mouse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hepcats is ranked 191,308^th in the world and 4^th in Old School Furry for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 82.19 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.