The Imperium of Stud Hoy is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Hidden One with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 9.387 billion Stud Hoyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperial Hoy City. The average income tax rate is 69.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Stud Hoyian economy, worth a remarkable 2,142 trillion Credits a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 228,203 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, ride-sharing often involves some passengers sitting on the roof rack, welfare recipients are milking the government for all they've got, and parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Stud Hoy's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Stud Hoy is ranked 74,939^th in the world and 2,682^nd in Osiris for Largest Populations, with 9.39 billion capita.