The Democratic Socialist Lands of Hongos is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Zack De Luca with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.875 billion Hongosians 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Democratica. The average income tax rate is 92.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hongosian economy, worth 273 trillion hongs 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 145,632 hongs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work", lawyers spend as much time preparing their make-up as they do their briefs, a government program is underway to revitalize Hongos's beaches, and truancy is as easy as clicking a camera icon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hongos's national animal is the Capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hongos is ranked 311,801^st in the world and 4,323^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10.2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.