The Sovereign Serene City of Halenstein is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Senor Yosef with a fair hand, and notable for its frequent executions, national health service, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.32 billion Haleners 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Halenstein City. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Halensteinian economy, worth 238 trillion Haleens a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 102,602 Haleens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians are often found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries, atheistic refugees haven't got a prayer of being granted asylum, and recent events have left citizens both shaken and stirred. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Halenstein's national animal is the Echidna, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Halenstein is ranked 66,734^th in the world and 292^nd in The Leftist Assembly for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 143.53 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.