The Republic of Hypia is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 1.249 billion Hypians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dreveria. The average income tax rate is 30.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Hypian economy, worth 113 trillion bitcoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,725 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Manufacturers are sued for almost anything not covered in their catalogue-sized manuals, politicians always seem to take two steps forward then three steps back, quiet professionalism has returned to the nation's armed forces, and country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hypia's national animal is the cobra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hypia is ranked 83,108^th in the world and 89^th in Talonia for Most Patriotic, with 17.12 flags saluted per person per day.