The Meisho Doto of Hal Ghatisemagn is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Meisho Doto with an even hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 6.32 billion Hal Ghatisemagnians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Main Office and Headquarters. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Hal Ghatisemagnian economy, worth a remarkable 1,977 trillion Hal Ghatisemagn Pounds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 312,883 Hal Ghatisemagn Pounds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,886,369 per year while the poor average 3,383, a ratio of 853 to 1.

Meisho Doto's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners, restaurants have noticed that hanging wet laundry from the ceiling makes diners order more food, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, and rioting and unrest sweep the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Hal Ghatisemagn's national animal is the Evil Black Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Shrine of Money.

Hal Ghatisemagn is ranked 173^rd in the world and 4^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 37,437.73 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.