The State of Halve Maen is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with an even hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 40.858 billion Halve Maenians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.9%.

The very strong Halve Maenian economy, worth a remarkable 1,813 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 44,392 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 185,039 per year while the poor average 6,957, a ratio of 26.6 to 1.

Clergy who start talking about politics are forced to take a holy vow of silence, small towns have started burning historical buildings in hopes of attracting tourists, people are more interested in gossip about the private lives of politicians than their policies, and imprisonment is the leading cause of disownment. Crime is a problem. Halve Maen's national animal is the deer.

Halve Maen is ranked 24,260^th in the world and 1^st in Radioactivity for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 5,584.64 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.