The Second Kingdom of Hernejaervi is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Lennart Iivonen with an iron fist, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, lack of airports, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.804 billion Hernejaervians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helsinki. The average income tax rate is 77.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hernejaervian economy, worth 701 trillion Markkaa a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 184,261 Markkaa, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

People spend a lot on hair and nails, religious bigotry and a fear of outsiders have replaced religious studies in schools, the best way to get the government to U-turn is to squick out Lennart Iivonen, and Lennart Iivonen is said to pay a tithe to a violent sect. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hernejaervi's national animal is the Dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Luterilaisuus.

Hernejaervi is ranked 33,162^nd in the world and 63^rd in Wintreath for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 3,822.47 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.