The Heavenly State of Honghai is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Olreigh with an even hand, and notable for its deadly medical pandemics, keen interest in outer space, and feral children. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 4.572 billion Honghainese are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Teijiangzen. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 75.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Honghainese economy, worth a remarkable 1,382 trillion Honghainese Yen a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 302,442 Honghainese Yen, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

A byzantine web of conspiracies and secret alliances must be navigated any time legislation is voted upon, Olreigh is too busy listening to praise to get any work done, skyscrapers get built in just days, and daring to agree with another politician is grounds for instant dismissal. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Honghai's national animal is the Blue Ostrich, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Fire Worship.

Honghai is ranked 293,804^th in the world and 1^st in Throughout Time and Space for Lowest Crime Rates, with 3.05 law-abiding acts per hour.