The Hyperian State of Colbentielle is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Colberius X with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 10.503 billion Colbentiellians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valkryt City. The average income tax rate is 93.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Colbentiellian economy, worth a remarkable 1,562 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 148,734 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Candidates for public office painstakingly research their family trees to ensure their eligibility, centuries-old marble buildings are being torn down and replaced with corrugated steel wind tunnels, any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, and real estate agencies are being replaced by naval recruitment offices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Colbentielle's national animal is the Mongoose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Colbentielle is ranked 32,778^th in the world and 7^th in New Hyperion for Most Patriotic, with 36.57 flags saluted per person per day.