The Principality of Hunting Whale is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, prohibition of alcohol, and devotion to social welfare. The devout population of 5.338 billion Hunting Whaleans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 47.6%.

The strong Hunting Whalean economy, worth 424 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,556 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The new national mascot has to be wheeled onto the field of play, more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, international tensions are high as Hunting Whale threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens, and pop sensation "Jack and the Holograms" is storming the charts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hunting Whale's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Hunting Whale is ranked 227,597^th in the world and 8,490^th in Osiris for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -4.34 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.