| Population | 21.293 billion |
| Capital | Cardiff Electric |
| Leader | Computer Programmer |
| Faith | Agnostic Pantheism |
| Currency | Machine Code |
| Animal | Central Processing Unit |
The Computer Revolution of Halt and Catch Fire is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Computer Programmer with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 21.293 billion Halt and Catch Fireans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.
The medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cardiff Electric. The average income tax rate is 84.9%.
The frighteningly efficient Halt and Catch Firean economy, worth a remarkable 5,171 trillion Machine Codes a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Soda Sales, Retail, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an amazing 242,875 Machine Codes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.
Piracy is the nation's most popular pastime, evidence-based arguments can be arrestable offenses, actively encouraging climate change is helping reduce winter fuel costs, and the leading national news source is 'my cousin Billy-Bob on MyFace'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Halt and Catch Fire's national animal is the Central Processing Unit, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Agnostic Pantheism.
Halt and Catch Fire is ranked 14,576th in the world and 192nd in NationStates for Largest Populations, with 21.3 billion capita.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Halt and Catch Fire was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : Halt and Catch Fire was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates and Most Primitive and the Top 10% for Largest Manufacturing Sector.
- : Following new legislation in Halt and Catch Fire, the leading national news source is 'my cousin Billy-Bob on MyFace'.
- : Following new legislation in Halt and Catch Fire, actively encouraging climate change is helping reduce winter fuel costs.
- : Following new legislation in Halt and Catch Fire, evidence-based arguments can be arrestable offenses.
- : Following new legislation in Halt and Catch Fire, piracy is the nation's most popular pastime.
- : Following new legislation in Halt and Catch Fire, cheese has become the new icon of political dissent.
- : Halt and Catch Fire was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.
- : Following new legislation in Halt and Catch Fire, chicken farmers must rise before the sun every day to gag their cockerels.
- : Following new legislation in Halt and Catch Fire, new mothers can pay for their weekly grocery shop with a bottle of breast milk.
