The Meontocratic Thanatocracy of Halcymera is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Lethe Meon with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.098 billion Halcymerans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Meontopolis. The average income tax rate is 47.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Halcymeran economy, worth 115 trillion Lethes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 54,946 Lethes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

A sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate, The Sterile Mule sanctuaries have been taken over by hydraulic fracturing sites, convicted criminals are given free limo rides to jail, and foreigners with shady pasts are fleeing the country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Halcymera's national animal is the The Sterile Mule, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Meontology.

Halcymera is ranked 107,914^th in the world and 5,746^th in Lazarus for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,671.45 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.