The Hive of Tyran is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Ghar with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 6.645 billion Tyranids 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 large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tyran brood. The average income tax rate is 54.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Tyranid economy, worth 293 trillion biomasses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 44,116 biomasses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials, there's a mortuary next to every Tyranid restaurant, octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it, and preschoolers practice disarming active shooters before naptime. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tyran's national animal is the genestealer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is evolution.

Tyran is ranked 285,194^th in the world and 6^th in Warhammer 40000 for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 35.34 on the Kitten Softness Rating.