The Forerunners of Hyperion Prime is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Premier Hyper with an even hand, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, state-planned economy, and smutty television. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.375 billion Hyperions are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eternal Horizon. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Hyperion economy, worth a remarkable 2,217 trillion Credits 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 264,807 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Confessions don't count if suffixed with "izzle", unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, and recent protests against birds flying too low have resulted in bloodshed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hyperion Prime's national animal is the Insular Goose, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Hyperion Prime is ranked 851^st in the world and 1^st in None Region Left Beef for Most Developed, scoring 98.72 on the Human Development Index.