The Purple Empire of Herya is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Theo I with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 22.839 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 10,356 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 453,460 Bizantiums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Museum visitors often bring lemons and black lights, the recycled air in planes is nauseating, the police ransack more houses than criminals do, and travelers praise airports for their endless beige corridors. 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 71^st in the world and 1^st in Portugal for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 298.89 on the Kitten Softness Rating.