The Empire of Hedrick is a tiny, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7 million Hedrickians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.0%.

The very strong Hedrickian economy, worth 489 billion kronor a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. Average income is 69,976 kronor, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 237,634 per year while the poor average 15,202, a ratio of 15.6 to 1.

TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Hedrick's national animal is the Eurasian wolf , which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Hedrick is ranked 249,902^nd in the world and 108^th in Sancturia for Safest, scoring 29.81 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.