The Kingdom of Halosphere is a gargantuan, genial nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, otherworldly petting zoo, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 16.567 billion Halosphereans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beacon Hill. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Halospherean economy, worth a remarkable 3,727 trillion Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 225,008 Marks, with the richest citizens earning 7.8 times as much as the poorest.

National park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings, 10-year-olds who struggle with integrating by parts are considered slow learners, corporations cut costs by taking away safety-features on their products, and the new Really Big Telescope has been praised for presenting pictures of bright dots in unprecedented detail. Crime is totally unknown. Halosphere's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Halosphere is ranked 288,313^th in the world and 2^nd in The Realms of Light for Most Primitive, scoring -534.9 on the Scary Big Number Scale.