The Democratic Workers' State of Hykonica is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Praeses Hiconicae | Πρόεδρος τῆς Ὑκωνίκα with a fair hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.972 billion Hykonicans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thessalonica | Θεσσαλονίκη. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Hykonican economy, worth 934 trillion Denarius Hiconicanus | Ὑκονικὴ δραχμήs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 187,958 Denarius Hiconicanus | Ὑκονικὴ δραχμήs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Newspaper stories fill several pages with colorful adjectives, prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, and there's nothing special about Praeses Hiconicae | Πρόεδρος τῆς Ὑκωνίκα. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hykonica's national animal is the Felis Hiconis | Ἡ τοῦ Ὑκόνος γαλή, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hykonica is ranked 3,656^th in the world and 37^th in Europeia for Most Developed, scoring 96.55 on the Human Development Index.