The Principality of Hosten is a small, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 20 million Hostenians 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 8.7%.

The strong Hostenian economy, worth 1.23 trillion notenises a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 61,287 notenises, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

A well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, politicians that report exaggerated crowd sizes for their speeches are dismissed for being delusional, and surveillance cameras are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Hosten's national animal is the Meerkat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hosten is ranked 90,579^th in the world and 2^nd in Vestout for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,577.6 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.