The State of Haibei is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 15.939 billion Haibeians enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.5%.

The very strong Haibeian economy, worth a remarkable 1,099 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 68,952 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 269,761 per year while the poor average 12,006, a ratio of 22.5 to 1.

The government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, wounded veterans can only get prosthetics if they agree to become walking billboards for the arms industry, the state is footing the bill for billionaires' lawyers, and politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force. Haibei's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Haibei is ranked 156,412^th in the world and 350^th in Ancient Lands for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 546.14 on the Gilded Widget Scale.