The Purple Empire of Herya is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Theo I with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 22.442 billion Heryae enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

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 10,161 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 452,791 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 76^th in the world and 1^st in Portugal for Largest Governments, scoring 115.62 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.