The Holy Empire of Hog riding is a tiny, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 10 million Hog ridingians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order is also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.7%.

The strong Hog ridingian economy, worth 631 billion Hammers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 63,149 Hammers, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 391,173 per year while the poor average 4,398, a ratio of 88.9 to 1.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, and hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Hog riding's national animal is the Hog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hog riding is ranked 26,424^th in the world and 3^rd in Starbound for Most Secular, with 35.15 Atheism Rate.