The Atomic Union of Havia Sysis is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Zikov Poltus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.289 billion Citizens of the Atomic Union 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castle Plutonium. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Unionist economy, worth a remarkable 1,601 trillion Kovals 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an amazing 373,358 Kovals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The working classes live and die on the fields of the farming communes, families consisting of more than three people are forced to split up, the once prosperous capital is in utter decline, and astronomers are flocking to Havia Sysis to take advantage of its clear night skies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Havia Sysis's national animal is the Black Owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is The Machine Cult.

Havia Sysis is ranked 3,307^th in the world and 59^th in 10000 Islands for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 17,698.44 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.