The Authoritarian Republic of Hypranio is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Big Guy with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, hatred of cheese, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 8.685 billion Hypranioans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of R'lyeh. The average income tax rate is 86.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hypranioan economy, worth 925 trillion Novas a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 106,558 Novas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, Big Guy steals from the rich and gives to the needy, all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons', and a passport is literally priceless. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hypranio's national animal is the Shoggoth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Hypranio is ranked 20,193^rd in the world and 33^rd in The Black Hawks for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 8,005.08 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.