The People's Republic of Henchikurin is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Takashima with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.227 billion Hentish 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fuchu. The average income tax rate is 99.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Hentish economy, worth a remarkable 2,799 trillion Yen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 183,877 Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens recently voted in favour of declaring bubblewrap an 'abomination of nature', pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves, television executives are interested in turning Takashima's zany home life into a sitcom, and the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Fuchu. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Henchikurin's national animal is the Crane, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Shinto.

Henchikurin is ranked 2,229^th in the world and 15^th in The Leftist Assembly for Lowest Crime Rates, with 140.75 law-abiding acts per hour.