The Directorate of Histarctica is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Eduard Aldred with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, flagrant waste-dumping, and exploding hoverboards. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.167 billion Histarcticans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Education are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Entioch. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Histarctican economy, worth a remarkable 1,250 trillion Solis a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 174,511 Solis, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 615,545 per year while the poor average 35,789, a ratio of 17.2 to 1.

The Holy Office of the Inquisition is the highest court in the land, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", metal detectors have been banned after a bottle cap caused a riot at the beach, and one man's trash is another company's tax break. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Histarctica's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Church of Light.

Histarctica is ranked 37,396^th in the world and 17^th in Sancturia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,349.98 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.