The Purple Empire of Herya is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Theo I with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 22.696 billion Heryae 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jawadeen. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Heryae economy, worth an astonishing 10,292 trillion Bizantiums 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 453,486 Bizantiums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreigners "adopt" rotund Centaurs to line the pockets of wildlife sanctuaries, therapists can always squeeze in another house-call, the nation's favourite colour is purple (Herya has found 3 easter eggs), and sweat stains are proof of political acumen. Crime is totally unknown. Herya's national animal is the Centaur, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Civic Platinum-Beeism.

Herya is ranked 88^th in the world and 1^st in Portugal for Most Developed, scoring 100.69 on the Human Development Index.