The Isle of Hoare is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Lady Yael Labov with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, hatred of cheese, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 9.251 billion Hoareans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Harren. The average income tax rate is 67.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Hoarean economy, worth 197 trillion barzels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is 21,333 barzels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tehom-Elism has been named as Hoare's national religion, passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, and warfare increasingly resembles a video game. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hoare's national animal is the kraken, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Tehom-Elism.

Hoare is ranked 303,333^rd in the world and 11^th in Roman Empire for Highest Average Incomes, with 21,333.92 Standard Monetary Units.