The Empire of Herya is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Heirich with a fair hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 17.643 billion Heryae hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jawadeen. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Heryae economy, worth a remarkable 7,895 trillion Bizantiums a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 447,507 Bizantiums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, the rich tend their gardens inside gated urban farming communities, stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues, and citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections. Crime is totally unknown. Herya's national animal is the Centaur, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Herya is ranked 382^nd in the world and 2^nd in Portugal for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 1,279.55 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.