The Most Serene Republic of Hush is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.16 billion Hushians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 20.0%.

The strong Hushian economy, worth 63.6 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,859 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings", the government expresses surprisingly intense opinions on the use of whip pans, and kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hush's national animal is the Kitsune, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hush is ranked 102,729^th in the world and 512^th in Europeia for Most Cultured, scoring 67 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.