The Penguin Federation of Horasta is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Your Holiness The Great Penguin God with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 7.025 billion Penguins enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of South Pole. The average income tax rate is 46.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Horastan economy, worth a remarkable 1,251 trillion Fish a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 178,140 Fish, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun, Your Holiness The Great Penguin God's speeches are beloved by insomniacs, the government is washing its hands of alleged corruption, and left-wing militias train children how to properly burn down banks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Horasta's national animal is the Humans, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Anthropocentrism.

Horasta is ranked 67,809^th in the world and 17^th in Intercontinental for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.42 law-abiding acts per hour.