The Community of Utopian Hive is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.164 billion Utopians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 50.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Utopian Hivean economy, worth 935 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 181,227 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

The immigration office has an express line for people bringing cash in briefcases, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, comedians who make offensive jokes have their ticket proceeds seized, and small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Utopian Hive's national animal is the ubeast, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Utopian Hive is ranked 4,272^nd in the world and 10^th in Gardenia Botanicum for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 10,343.5 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.