The United Directorates of Hypernorjislav is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, parental licensing program, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 894 million Scotts are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aetherinburg Prime. The average income tax rate is 42.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Hyper-Celtic economy, worth 87.3 trillion Hyper-Sayernas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,692 Hyper-Sayernas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Litter collection has replaced fast food as the most popular after-school job, a third of Scotts are e-certified CEOs, the government makes bereaved siblings into bereaved orphans, and bouncers at the door of the sweet shop warn five-year-olds not to cause trouble. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hypernorjislav's national animal is the Voidosorite Summavus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hypernorjislav is ranked 162,418^th in the world and 70^th in Liberal Democratic Union for Safest, scoring 58.95 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.