Location: Thorosian Federation

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Embelishment of The Hype is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by MrHype with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 8.638 billion are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The small government is effectively ruled by the Department of Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of HypeCity. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the government is avowedly atheist, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Hype's national animal is the elephant, its national religion is Atheism, and its currency is the exaggeration.

The Hype is ranked 3rd in Thorosian Federation and 71,864th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -10 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and