The Venomous Serpopets of Hissi is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 7.336 billion Hissians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 36.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Hissian economy, worth 565 trillion guilders a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,113 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians are often seen with soldiers pointing guns at their heads, punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, aides are afraid to ask if Leader wants a cup of tea or coffee, and a tax exemption has created a new hunger for octogenarian millionaires dating women 60 years their younger. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hissi's national animal is the dolphin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Hissi is ranked 321,635^th in the world and 5^th in Viserian Peninsula for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -10.49 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.