The Empire of Heculalys is a mammoth, efficient nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, disturbing lack of elderly people, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.931 billion Heculalysians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 33.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Heculalysian economy, worth a remarkable 2,246 trillion deniers a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 226,165 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

There is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, former nobles are being issued new identities in the wake of the end of serfdom, anyone with an emergency on a holy day is advised to pray harder, and little children cry as their rainbow drawings are seized by the Straight-Thought Police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Heculalys's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Heculalys is ranked 15,929^th in the world and 9^th in Conservative Guild for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 345.94 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.