The Empire of Hekp is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 223 million Hekvites are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Hekpian economy, worth 25.9 trillion Monies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 116,001 Monies, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 434,357 per year while the poor average 21,674, a ratio of 20.0 to 1.

Professional athletes can't see balls amid the deluge of advertisements, factory workers offered 20-hour shifts are expected to thank their bosses for the wonderful opportunity, agricultural employees work for peanuts, and it is illegal to carry an umbrella when the official weather forecast predicts a sunny day. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Hekp's national animal is the Double Headed Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Hekp is ranked 244,405^th in the world and 237^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Most Primitive, scoring -136.07 on the Scary Big Number Scale.