The Empire of Hypervaella is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. The devout population of 181 million Hypervaellans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 40.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Hypervaellan economy, worth 6.93 trillion IHCS a year, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 38,301 IHCS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Finders keepers is the law of the land, gay hospital patients are labelled with a pink triangle to alert staff of their substandard blood, politicians are often referred to as thesauruses behind their backs, and students and teachers are regularly stopped and searched for symbols of religious affiliation before class. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hypervaella's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Hypervaella is ranked 90,181^st in the world and 9^th in Fall Session Intro to POL for Nicest Citizens, with 15.09 average smiles per day.