The Republic of Purple Hyacinth is a huge, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 227 million Purple Hyacinthians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Purple Hyacinthian economy, worth 4.83 trillion flowers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 21,280 flowers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one is quite sure what many government officials look like, there have been reports of people marrying housepets, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, and the government funds large training centres to turn lions into functioning members of society. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Purple Hyacinth's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Purple Hyacinth is ranked 37,032^nd in the world and 1,556^th in the South Pacific for Safest, scoring 105.13 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.