The Hive World of Anfair is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Planetary Governor Alexio Acilius with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, unlimited-speed roads, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful population of 7.8 billion Anfairians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sector Administratum. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Anfairian economy, worth a remarkable 1,904 trillion Aquila Pieces a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 244,193 Aquila Pieces, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Talkative students are escorted from schools in second-hand prison buses, there is a thriving underground gay scene, shipping canals are a bit like unimaginative cheese shops — filled with debris, and overhead luggage compartments on planes sometimes conceal diminutive intelligence officers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Anfair's national animal is the Two-headed Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Imperial Faith.

Anfair is ranked 293,519^th in the world and 4,017^th in The East Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 51.65 percentage of bribes refused.