The Republic of Haltyas is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by AVA with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.836 billion Haltyasians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Antorld. The average income tax rate is 78.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Haltyasian economy, worth 277 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 151,342 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Giggling elementary school newspaper reporters want to know why AVA is a silly poophead, police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records, airport announcements inform passengers that flights have been delayed because pilots are having afternoon naps, and the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters. Crime is totally unknown. Haltyas's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Haltyas is ranked 23,975^th in the world and 517^th in The East Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.83 law-abiding acts per hour.