The Star Empire of Huerdae is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Niko'Dohsa with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, rampant corporate plagiarism, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 23.233 billion Huerdaen are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The minute, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helsearc. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Huerdaen economy, worth a remarkable 7,055 trillion Huerdaen Ingots a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 303,695 Huerdaen Ingots, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nobody looks each other in the eye at neighborhood block parties any more, a punitive tax has been placed on harmful emissions, third world countries are rich in "I Love Helsearc" t-shirts, and it's often raining men (hallelujah) in Helsearc. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Huerdae's national animal is the Hercules Beetle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Spirit of Man.

Huerdae is ranked 1,262^nd in the world and 2^nd in Limitless Universe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 835.99 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.