The Most Serene Republic of Hythos is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 629 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 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Hythosian economy, worth 63.2 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 major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 100,425 Bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet, edutainment video games are taking Hythos's students to the next level, Makrinopolis has become the number one destination for urban exploration in Trica, and libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars. 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 303,782^nd in the world and 59^th in Trica for Largest Black Market, with 16.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.