The Holy Winter Kingdom of Rhino Hypolan is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Santa with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 7.341 billion Hypolanians 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 Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of North Pole. The average income tax rate is 94.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rhino Hypolanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,626 trillion Candy Canes a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 357,749 Candy Canes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The weather in North Pole is always 'pigeons with a chance of droppings', protestors are soaking piles of Candy Canes in blood to make a point about government incomes, beaches are empty as the shark population multiplies exponentially, and patriotic parents remind their children to drink plenty of water. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rhino Hypolan's national animal is the Reindeer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianity.

Rhino Hypolan is ranked 9,536^th in the world and 3^rd in The Kingdom of Great Britain for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 8,739.36 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.