Original Commentary

Things of note: the boys are (from left to right) a cat, a wolf and a dog. Lola, I believe, is a mouse... which is why Kimberly is so surprised that they are her kids... more on this tomorrow! Cyrus is the one in the middle. -Isabel

Modern Commentary
"Hippedown" is the name of the nation, the island it is on, and its capital city. I'm torn between embarassment as it's a little silly and embracing it because it's been around so long.
I remind myself that a lot of place names are a little silly and just seem normal because they've always been like that.- Terrence