The Most Holy Caliphate of Herpostan is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Caliph Ibrahim IV al-Rassid with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 3.398 billion Herpostanis have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mecca. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Herpostani economy, worth 220 trillion Riyals a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 64,788 Riyals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prisoners have been known to host cooking and home décor television shows, doctors accused of having no heart reply that cardiology isn't their speciality, beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings, and sports club owners are having a moneyball. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Herpostan's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Sunni Islam.

Herpostan is ranked 68,572^nd in the world and 14^th in Sol Aeternalis for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.29 law-abiding acts per hour.