The Constitutional Republic of Haunover is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President George Kildare with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, public floggings, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.532 billion Haunovans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Flinderstown. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Haunovan economy, worth 99.0 trillion Haunovs 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 led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 64,619 Haunovs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

President George Kildare's campaign events reach their climax when the celebrity endorsers reveal themselves, President George Kildare can't hear a thing when the unwashed masses throw rocks at the new state limousine, the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, and escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Haunover's national animal is the Haunovan Kangaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Non Applicable.

Haunover is ranked 11,059^th in the world and 105^th in Europeia for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 55.21 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.