The Federation of Himawari Planetary Alliance is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 191 million Himawari Planetary Allianceans 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 tiny government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.2%.

The very strong Himawari Planetary Alliancean economy, worth 12.5 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 65,460 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 192,920 per year while the poor average 17,477, a ratio of 11.0 to 1.

The mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and organ donation is compulsory. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Himawari Planetary Alliance's national animal is the swan, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Himawari Planetary Alliance is ranked 225,194^th in the world and 5^th in Pony planets for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 750.46 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.