The Empire of Hiola is a large, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The cynical population of 103 million Hiolans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 22.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Hiolan economy, worth 8.34 trillion Copper Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,941 Copper Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lawyers spend as much time preparing their make-up as they do their briefs, anyone can get ahead in life if they want to, primary candidates are replaced if they fail to compliment Leader's hair, and 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hiola's national animal is the Hydra, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Hiola is ranked 121,315^th in the world and 88^th in Eladria for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,292.9 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.