The Soviet Socialist Republic of Hekp 2 is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Premier Cherdenko with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.966 billion Tim Curries are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moscow. The average income tax rate is 96.2%.

The strong Hekp 2ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,179 trillion Apocalypse Tanks 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing and Furniture Restoration. 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 an amazing 237,527 Apocalypse Tanks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every worker receives exactly the same pay regardless of productivity, the government prevents violence by committing genocide, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", and beat cops aren't named for the territory they patrol. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hekp 2's national animal is the Kirov Airship, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Hekp 2 is ranked 1,010^th in the world and 1^st in The Wild West for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 106,064.99 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.