The Commonwealth of Hydrusite is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister Mitchell McKinson with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 4.232 billion Hydrusians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Old Delwick. The average income tax rate is 58.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Hydrusitean economy, worth 401 trillion Aurens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,971 Aurens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Clowns are being rounded up and admitted to mental institutions, foreign nations kill migratory animals at random in the hope that Hydrusite will pay them to stop, the police double as repo men, and reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Hydrusite's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hydrusite is ranked 49,043^rd in the world and 149^th in Conch Kingdom for Lowest Crime Rates, with 74.45 law-abiding acts per hour.