The Armed Republic of Hoppigland is a very large, safe nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 171 million Hoppigdoggies are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Environment, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 59.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Hoppigy economy, worth 7.90 trillion Hoppigcoins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,197 Hoppigcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The official Hoppigy Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, people with political aspirations study how to make balloon animals, any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, and depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hoppigland's national animal is the Hoppig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hoppigland is ranked 28,707^th in the world and 10^th in Byzantion for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 947.82 on the Clooney Contribution Index.