The Free Land of The Black Mesa Remnant is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Sidney Biermann with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 5.09 billion Combine enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City 212. The average income tax rate is 74.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Combine economy, worth 576 trillion Mesa Counts a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,314 Mesa Counts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, the nation's diplomats shake hands with those whose hands are drenched in the blood of innocents, untold millions of Mesa Counts are going into a new government-funded maternity leave scheme, and Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Black Mesa Remnant's national animal is the Headcrab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Headcrabism.

The Black Mesa Remnant is ranked 203,710^th in the world and 7,601^st in Osiris for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 28,895.25 Standard Monetary Units.