The Most Serene Republic of Hythos is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 723 million Hythosians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Makrinopolis. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Hythosian economy, worth 75.3 trillion Bits 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 104,115 Bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators, 3D printed organs are a breath of new life for the sick and elderly, the government's religious works are headed by a New Age guru, and city budgets are spent entirely on supporting the town royalty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Hythos's national animal is the Open-water Platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Hythos is ranked 61,676^th in the world and 17^th in Trica for Highest Average Incomes, with 104,115.18 Standard Monetary Units.