The Isles of Hvistagnxt is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, lack of airports, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 11.986 billion Hvistagnxtans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 38.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Hvistagnxtian economy, worth 352 trillion Silvons a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 29,370 Silvons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Signs saying "No Poor People or Weirdoes" are common outside shops and cafés, a blood-red mark on the doorframe means a building must be passed over for destruction, the weather in Hvistagnxt City is always 'pigeons with a chance of droppings', and anyone can get ahead in life if they want to. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hvistagnxt's national animal is the Ox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hvistagnxt is ranked 291,692^nd in the world and 163^rd in Forest for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 18,033.49 Standard Monetary Units.