The Federation of Haparide is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by First Secretary with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.215 billion Haparideans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Union's Passing. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Haparidean economy, worth 506 trillion rosins 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, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 157,407 rosins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It's best not to ask what goes into Union's Passing Fried Chicken's secret blend of herbs and spices, AI citizens are criticized for being robotic, the nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks, and diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Haparide's national animal is the possum, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Haparide is ranked 15,073^rd in the world and 42^nd in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 10,304.07 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.