The Republic of Hyphen is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, infamous sell-swords, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, cynical population of 5.606 billion Hyphenians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capolity. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Hyphenian economy, worth 511 trillion Pacific Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 91,303 Pacific Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

Small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, there's some really clean windows in Hyphenian houses, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, and Air Hyphen is rumored to receive more government funding than the Hyphenian Air Force. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hyphen's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Flemingovianism.

Hyphen is ranked 61,942^nd in the world and 1,846^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 71.5 law-abiding acts per hour.