The Incorporated Superstates of Hezen-Suriya is a huge, orderly nation, ruled by Ardeth Lock'næ with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 920 million Hêzên-Sûriyans 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 enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stratus City. The average income tax rate is 77.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Hêzên-Sûriyan economy, worth 53.8 trillion ௹ s 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, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Tourism. 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 58,528 ௹ s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Hanging Gardens account for half of Stratus City's water use, citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, if a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it... Hêzên-Sûriyan satellites can detect it, and power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hezen-Suriya's national animal is the Black Pigeon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Hezen-Suriya is ranked 287,229^th in the world and 1^st in Hezen Suriya for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -8.83 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.