The Democratic NationStates of Hykonica is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Praeses Hiconicae | Πρόεδρος τῆς Ὑκωνίκα with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.086 billion Hykonicans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thessalonica | Θεσσαλονίκη. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Hykonican economy, worth 968 trillion Denarius Hiconicanus | Ὑκονικὴ δραχμήs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 190,365 Denarius Hiconicanus | Ὑκονικὴ δραχμήs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation, old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones, worship days have replaced sick days, and unshaven men are viewed with suspicion in courts of law. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hykonica's national animal is the Felis Hiconis | Ἡ τοῦ Ὑκόνος γαλή, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hykonica is ranked 9,354^th in the world and 99^th in Europeia for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 12,195.17 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.