The Republic of Hjonke is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, unlimited-speed roads, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 3.48 billion Hjonkeans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Environment, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lucidell. The average income tax rate is 66.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Hjonkean economy, worth 174 trillion Hjonkean Dollars 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 large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Soda Sales, Book Publishing, and Retail. 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 50,183 Hjonkean Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Goose is one of the most popular forenames in Hjonke, law schools are hurrying to teach the "prank defense" to their students, kids are exceptionally good at digging holes, and kids laugh off vandalism and arson as "just fun". Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Hjonke's national animal is the goose.

Hjonke is ranked 146,844^th in the world and 2,325^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Governments, scoring 13.3 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.