The Technocratic Republic of Hatzelia is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 749 million Hatzelians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Centralis Hatzelia. The average income tax rate is 43.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Hatzelese economy, worth 34.0 trillion Toris a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,426 Toris, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, property subletting is going underground, community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common, and selling your granddad's clothes requires an incredible amount of paperwork. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hatzelia's national animal is the Raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Hatzelia is ranked 102,343^rd in the world and 1,756^th in The East Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 66 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.