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The District of Halbright is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by proctor with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, complete lack of public education, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 44.294 billion Halbrightians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Law & Order, with Industry and Defense also on the agenda, while Welfare and Education aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.8%.

The powerhouse Halbrightian economy, worth a remarkable 2,654 trillion aurums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 59,929 aurums, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 212,130 per year while the poor average 12,224, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Halbright has designated District City as its capital city, Proctor has just been declared ruler of Halbright in an international press conference, bike rage is all the rage, and the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Halbright's national animal is the bovina, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Halbright is ranked 261,600^th in the world and 1^st in Halbright for Highest Poor Incomes, with 12,224.36 Standard Monetary Units.