The Democratic Republic of An Hyperbolic Cosine is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 29.497 billion Hyperbolic Cosineans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken morass — prioritizes Welfare, with Education and Healthcare also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 76.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Hyperbolic Cosinean economy, worth 311 trillion arches 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 Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 10,570 arches, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is voluntary and surveillance cameras are banned. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. An Hyperbolic Cosine's national animal is the raja the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

An Hyperbolic Cosine is ranked 107,858^th in the world and 4^th in Missouri for Nicest Citizens, with 13 average smiles per day.