The Federal Republic of The Horizon Federation is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 477 million Horizonians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Horizon City. The average income tax rate is 53.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Horizonian economy, worth 26.1 trillion Horizon Crowns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,792 Horizon Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The arms industry is strictly regulated, the Horizonian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas, Leader's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition, and government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Horizon Federation's national animal is the Common Horizon Crab, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

The Horizon Federation is ranked 66,500^th in the world and 1,440^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.69 law-abiding acts per hour.