The Non-Existent Nation of Socialist Heronia is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Premier Ilitra Jasfenix with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.429 billion commie herons hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terenci. The average income tax rate is 83.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Socialist Heronian economy, worth a remarkable 1,082 trillion blocs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 114,803 blocs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims, the treehouse in Steel-grey Heron Park is the tallest building in Socialist Heronia, hordes of tourists are ruining the environment, and trade ministers have to consult a fifty-page "sanctions spreadsheet" to determine which countries they are allowed to do business with. Crime is totally unknown. Socialist Heronia's national animal is the steel-grey heron, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Socialist Heronia is ranked 8,052^nd in the world and 181^st in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 12,024.86 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.