The Democratic Socialist State of Hankhank is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Federal Council of Hankhank with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.123 billion Hankhanks are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Healthcare, and Environment also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hankapolis. The average income tax rate is 81.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Hankhanky economy, worth 105 trillion Rails 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is 93,940 Rails, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many friends and relatives of The Federal Council of Hankhank have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations, passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, snap elections are called whenever there's a chance to increase The Federal Council of Hankhank's majority, and political cartoons depicting The Federal Council of Hankhank's face on a Honey Bee's buttocks are selling like hotcakes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hankhank's national animal is the Honey Bee, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Hankhank is ranked 20,506^th in the world and 316^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 276.26 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.