The Republic of Hujen is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, enslaved workforce, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 3.296 billion Hujenians 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 Law & Order, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 52.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Hujenian economy, worth 327 trillion kronor a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 99,262 kronor, with the richest citizens earning 8.1 times as much as the poorest.

All transmission towers have been temporarily diverted in order to establish dialogue with a comet, schoolyard sandboxes resemble ashtrays due to the large number of cigarette butts, Leader is rumored to have teleportation powers, and tabloids coo over Leader's expected child. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hujen's national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Hujen is ranked 12,596^th in the world and 47^th in Europeia for Largest Black Market, with 64.6 trillion Standard Monetary Units.