The Republic of Hypatian Free State is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 164 million Hypatians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 32.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Hypatian Free Statean economy, worth 6.84 trillion marks a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,691 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Purported secret military bases are dismissed by Leader to be highly-advanced toilet factories, roadside walls are being built and mother nature is paying for it, nobody knows why the caged dolphin sings, and the Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hypatian Free State's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Hypatian Free State is ranked 113,430^th in the world and 251^st in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,091.65 on the Gilded Widget Scale.