The Empire of Halcaron is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 3.252 billion Halcaronians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elwich City. The average income tax rate is 34.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Halcaronian economy, worth 324 trillion Corvuses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 99,897 Corvuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Defense lawyers suggestively note to juries how flagrantly happy victims were, the new iVote app allows representatives to vote on legislation by launching ill-tempered birds and matching candies, the newest shade developed by Halcaron's dye industry has been dubbed 'Agent Orange', and visiting dignitaries make excuses to leave functions early and head to the nearest pub. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Halcaron's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Halcaron is ranked 20,740^th in the world and 1,463^rd in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 274.55 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.