The Principality of Higara is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Captain Spock with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 6.962 billion Higarans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Higara. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Higaran economy, worth a remarkable 1,324 trillion Imperial Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 190,314 Imperial Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Referenda are held for every conceivable government action, restaurants have added Molotov cocktails to the menu, "Mad Max: Returning Again to Barrydrome" is this year's unexpected summer blockbuster, and nude art is becoming wildly popular. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Higara's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Poggismo.

Higara is ranked 15,742^nd in the world and 1,085^th in Osiris for Most Corrupt Governments, with 118.13 kickbacks per hour.