The Holy Empire of Hayhan is a large, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, complete lack of prisons, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 113 million Hayhanes 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 30.8%.

The strong Hayhanian economy, worth 7.16 trillion Imporis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 63,347 Imporis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

The only religious freedom citizens have is which religion they want to oppress them, "Leader got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, loss of the ability to speak is a common affliction of the elderly, and every spring railroad foundations erode to reveal human remains. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hayhan's national animal is the Chollima, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hayhan is ranked 260,688^th in the world and 157^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 27.07 on the Bus Surprisal Index.