The Dictatorship of Hisera is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, daily referendums, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.071 billion Hiserans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 82.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Hiseran economy, worth 101 trillion Sens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 94,311 Sens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The best spies are positively radiant after completing a big mission, trade ministers have to consult a fifty-page "sanctions spreadsheet" to determine which countries they are allowed to do business with, innocent defendants often plead guilty for fear of receiving a much harsher sentence before jury, and computers are used primarily for word processing and solitaire. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hisera's national animal is the Tarin Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Hisera is ranked 62,163^rd in the world and 70^th in Eurth for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,178.22 on the Gilded Widget Scale.