The State of Hydragyrae is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of public education, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 11.407 billion Hydragyraeans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.4%.

The thriving Hydragyraean economy, worth 389 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 34,170 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 98,960 per year while the poor average 9,350, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, voting is voluntary, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and Hydragyrae has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Hydragyrae's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hydragyrae is ranked 264,395^th in the world and 6^th in Port of Victoria for Lowest Crime Rates, with 42.09 law-abiding acts per hour.