The Union Republic of Clan Hyperion is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Melthast with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, smutty television, and vat-grown people. The cynical, humorless population of 9.186 billion Hyperions 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 enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Melthiesian City. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.

The all-consuming Hyperion economy, worth a remarkable 1,184 trillion Hyperions a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 128,912 Hyperions, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Melthast's told that love often manifests itself through homicidal four-lettered litanies, all you have to do is pray to get into Clan Hyperion, drones are unable to lift the weight of their accompanying paperwork, and citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clan Hyperion's national animal is the Black Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Melthast.

Clan Hyperion is ranked 304,280^th in the world and 32^nd in The Galactic Union for Nicest Citizens, with 0.89 average smiles per day.