The People's Republic of Halinstan is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, public floggings, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 611 million Halinstanis are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brogograd. The average income tax rate is 80.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Halinstanian economy, worth 62.8 trillion Markoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is an impressive 102,713 Markoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fitness to teach sport is proven by urinating the furthest up a wall, the nation proudly hosts OstraCon to decide who gets free vacations to the Brancaland tundra, EpiPen sales have skyrocketed, and the banhammer is a standard police sidearm. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Halinstan's national animal is the Wolverine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Halinstan is ranked 9,158^th in the world and 212^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 4,782.98 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.