The Kingdom of Haltora is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Admiral Alistair McKeon with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 7.396 billion Haltorans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of HMS Thunder of God. The average income tax rate is 30.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Haltoran economy, worth 370 trillion Haltoran Dollars a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 50,127 Haltoran Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

It is believed that behind every great man is a terrified subservient woman, pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Haltora's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Haltora is ranked 104,497^th in the world and 2^nd in Victoria Shipyard for Most Patriotic, with 15.92 flags saluted per person per day.