The State of Hewville is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 22.454 billion Hewvilleans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, with Defense also on the agenda, while Welfare and Healthcare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.4%.

The powerhouse Hewvillean economy, worth 600 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 26,742 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 97,230 per year while the poor average 5,233, a ratio of 18.6 to 1.

Surveillance cameras are banned, Hewville has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, the Governor has just been declared ruler of Hewville in an international press conference, and a major religion has been named as Hewville's national religion. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Hewville's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hewville is ranked 91,090^th in the world and 3^rd in Luxembourg City for Most Primitive, scoring 10 on the Scary Big Number Scale.