The Democratic Republic of Holmis is a massive, safe nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.063 billion Holmisians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 74.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Holmisian economy, worth 37.2 trillion pesos a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 35,040 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Convicted murderers are free to walk the streets provided they attend rehabilitation classes, even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister, nothing gets the party jumping like Leader specifying how high, and corrupt paupers spend taxpayer pesos on liquor and tobacco. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Holmis's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Holmis is ranked 52,693^rd in the world and 166^th in Refugia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 73.44 law-abiding acts per hour.