The Republic of Milt the Hippo is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Milt with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.564 billion Hippos are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prickly Pines. The average income tax rate is 18.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Milt the Hippoan economy, worth 130 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,922 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits, anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, Milt the Hippoan farm salmon are known for being both horribly diseased and remarkably acrobatic, and human tissue is grown in vats as a delicacy as well as for transplants. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Milt the Hippo's national animal is the Hippo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Milt the Hippo is ranked 71,155^th in the world and 15^th in Callista for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,195.91 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.