The Socialist People's Republic of Hetin is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Christian Aerot with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.797 billion Hetans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ostrix Purma. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Hetan economy, worth a remarkable 1,173 trillion Airnias a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 119,763 Airnias, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 777,878 per year while the poor average 7,348, a ratio of 105 to 1.

Civil servants are often voluntold to work for free, television executives are interested in turning Christian Aerot's zany home life into a sitcom, citizens wouldn't recognise Christian Aerot if they passed one another on the street, and afternoon delight in care homes is restricted to a serving of spotted dick at 3pm. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Hetin's national animal is the Shoebill, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Herat-Incha.

Hetin is ranked 59,257^th in the world and 52^nd in Fifth Empire for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 4,092.2 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.