The Imperium of Stud Hoy is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Hidden One with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 9.401 billion Stud Hoyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperial Hoy City. The average income tax rate is 68.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Stud Hoyian economy, worth a remarkable 2,149 trillion Credits a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 228,612 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ride-sharing often involves some passengers sitting on the roof rack, welfare recipients are milking the government for all they've got, parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, and economic output is rising as the chronically depressed are persuaded not to burden society. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Stud Hoy's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Stud Hoy is ranked 12,957^th in the world and 369^th in Osiris for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 38,197.23 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.