The Collectivist Republic of Herten is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Kanzler Hadwan Ramad with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, state-planned economy, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.441 billion Hertenians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Education, although Law & Order, Healthcare, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Herten Mitte. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Hertenian economy, worth 848 trillion Herts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 190,955 Herts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Army uniforms are replaced en masse to accommodate adult soldiers, people believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more, endangered bison are herded across the border to prevent them from trampling on native prairie grass, and old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Herten's national animal is the Deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Herten is ranked 287,066^th in the world and 57^th in Civiles Conservare for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -17.44 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.