The Rogue Nation of Hippoownyou is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its digital currency, unlimited-speed roads, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.4 billion Hippoownyouans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Hippoownyouan economy, worth 981 trillion Midas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Retail, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 223,163 Midas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,131,031 per year while the poor average 24,425, a ratio of 46.3 to 1.

A signed affidavit from a prominent anti-corruption advocate declares that he is in fact a crook after all, everyone wants to be on the guest list for diplomatic parties, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', and party-lovers often change religions just for the weekend. Crime is totally unknown. Hippoownyou's national animal is the HIPPO, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Hippoownyou is ranked 115,602^nd in the world and 84^th in Midnight Vale for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.17 law-abiding acts per hour.