The Community of The Engi Hive is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The democratic population of 1.178 billion Engi are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, although Healthcare, Education, and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 29.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Engi economy, worth 44.3 trillion energy credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Basket Weaving, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 37,591 energy credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, organ donation is compulsory, the government is paving paradises to put up parking lots, and relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly. Crime is totally unknown. The Engi Hive's national animal is the machine.

The Engi Hive is ranked 107,370^th in the world and 32^nd in The Galactics Union for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.