The Sacred Republic of Halicarnassus is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 28.726 billion Halicarnassans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Halicarnassus. The average income tax rate is 27.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Halicarnassusian economy, worth a remarkable 1,456 trillion drachmas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 50,719 drachmas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The people are famous throughout the region for their bleached-white teeth, criminals are thrown to the hippocampuses to repay their debt to society, the Random Number Gods do play dice with the universe (Halicarnassus has found 1 easter egg), and families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain. Crime is relatively low. Halicarnassus's national animal is the hippocampus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the cult of Poseiden.

Halicarnassus is ranked 237,799^th in the world and 8^th in Dabble Zealous Oscar Crimson for Most Patriotic, with 5.18 flags saluted per person per day.