The Musical Nation of Heronin is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Corvis with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-working, democratic population of 7.173 billion Heronin Citizens enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Corvison. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.3%.

The powerhouse Heroninian economy, worth 608 trillion Heronin dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Gambling, and Book Publishing. Average income is 84,871 Heronin dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 282,014 per year while the poor average 19,047, a ratio of 14.8 to 1.

Party officials write speeches condemning capitalism while sunbathing at partitioned beaches, a murderous reputation can revitalise a flagging celebrity career, the nation's youth would rather watch paint dry than the news, and morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Heronin's national animal is the axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Orchestrism.

Heronin is ranked 108,069^th in the world and 1^st in Flimsily Constructed Cardboard Box for Largest Populations, with 7.17 billion capita.