The Socialist Union of Heares is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Dominic Fanemal with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 4.877 billion Hearesians 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 Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rashdenten. The average income tax rate is 88.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hearesian economy, worth 559 trillion Dences 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 major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 114,760 Dences, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rashdenten spends billions upgrading public transport, counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, the government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, and the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Heares's national animal is the Shrew, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Heares is ranked 105,082^nd in the world and 3,821^st in Lazarus for Largest Populations, with 4.88 billion capita.