The government is not a democracy. This means, for example, that the economy is planned by economists, not politicians, which I find very reassuring. Homelanders look just like people on Earth. If you should be lucky enough and get a grant to visit, you will be very disappointed if you expect aliens to look like they do on television and in the movies. Bobo once explained to me why this is, but I have forgotten, and frankly don't care.
People are people everywhere, and that is all that really matters.
There are races of Homelanders, just as there are races of Humans. Most Homelanders look like Caucasians, whereas most Humans are oriental. Thorgelfaynese are black, except for me and one other immigrant from Earth. But, fortunately for me, I took to my new home like a Hugmup to bath water. I have never regretted my decision to come here, even while I was going through the torture of readjustment.