The Imperium of Stud Hoy is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Hidden One with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, public floggings, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 9.571 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 medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperial Hoy City. The average income tax rate is 70.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Stud Hoyian economy, worth a remarkable 2,187 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 228,530 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pet owners must make a payment if their charges leave a deposit, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, when shaking hands with foreign leaders Hidden One wears an armoured gauntlet, and the seats at the back of the parliament are reserved for indigenous ministers. 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 2,361^st in the world and 101^st in Osiris for Smartest Citizens, with 183.72 quips per hour.