The Principality of Hailfront is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, strictly enforced bedtime, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 155 million Hailfrontians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 15.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Hailfrontian economy, worth 10.5 trillion Silver coins a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 67,941 Silver coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Vehicle strikes into low bridges are on the increase, family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, pet loving officers arrest citizens who don't give their dogs enough biscuits, and the nation refuses to discard its increasingly useless penny. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hailfront's national animal is the Budgie, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Hailfront is ranked 109,837^th in the world and 2,252^nd in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 81.33 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.