The Confederacy of Heraky is a very large, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 222 million Herans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 46.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Heran economy, worth 5.09 trillion francs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 22,947 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, Air Heraky is rumored to receive more government funding than the Heran Air Force, any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, and one can wake up in Heraky and have breakfast in Bigtopia. Crime is totally unknown. Heraky's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Heraky is ranked 61,707^th in the world and 239^th in Talonia for Most Cultured, scoring 70 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.