The State of Halagigie is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Governor with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 14.282 billion Halagigieans 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Halagigiean economy, worth 235 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 16,487 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military spending is on the increase, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, Halagigie has designated Westminster as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Halagigie in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Halagigie's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Halagigie is ranked 48,106^th in the world and 1^st in Abidjan for Lowest Crime Rates, with 74.73 law-abiding acts per hour.