The Matriarchy of Hacrela is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Svetlana with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, smutty television, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate population of 2.089 billion Hacrelans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mervale. The average income tax rate is 86.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hacrelan economy, worth 318 trillion rupees a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 152,300 rupees, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A widely accepted trade policy is "tit-for-tat", the ongoing space elevator construction project has elevated the national debt to all new levels, employees who skip lunch to avoid sub-par cafeteria food risk getting fired, and millions of Hacrelans are excellent swimmers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hacrela's national animal is the crocodile, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Imperial Cult.

Hacrela is ranked 6,321^st in the world and 147^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 111 law-abiding acts per hour.