The Republic of Hewapei is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy and irreverence towards religion. The democratic population of 10.557 billion Hewapeians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 25.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Hewapeian economy, worth 424 trillion baht 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, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Trout Farming, Retail, 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 40,225 baht, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, organ donation is compulsory, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, and builders across Hewapei are blocked up with orders for new public loos. Crime is totally unknown. Hewapei's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hewapei is ranked 143,159^th in the world and 6,091^st in Balder for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.