The Nomadic Peoples of Hiczech is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 3.294 billion Hiczechians 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 minute, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.5%.

The strong Hiczechian economy, worth 207 trillion Predators a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 63,045 Predators, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 212,301 per year while the poor average 13,870, a ratio of 15.3 to 1.

There has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees, people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, bored politicians often entertain themselves with games of Simon during important votes, and nighttime sightings of raccoons sporting Circle-A patches and bandanna masks are on the rise. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Hiczech's national animal is the Mouse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hiczech is ranked 160,565^th in the world and 1^st in The Volcheknian Badlands for Most Primitive, scoring -59.93 on the Scary Big Number Scale.