The Democratic Socialist State of Hankhank is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Federal Council of Hankhank with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.053 billion Hankhanks enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Healthcare, and Environment also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hankapolis. The average income tax rate is 80.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Hankhanky economy, worth 95.0 trillion Rails 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is 90,248 Rails, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Interest in globalism never flags, movies depict muscle-bound women kicking down a titanium door to carry hysterical men to safety, there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, and hospitals have to sell their computers on vBay in order to afford the ransomware decryption payments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hankhank's national animal is the Honey Bee, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Hankhank is ranked 196,557^th in the world and 921^st in Europe for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -2.45 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.