The Republic of Halal Lands is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Mohammed Nayef Hussein with an iron fist, and notable for its digital currency, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.776 billion Fouvriks are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Administration, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tel Khanaysan. The average income tax rate is 76.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Fouvrikian economy, worth 876 trillion HLRS a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 151,678 HLRS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Fifty years of pension funds can disappear in half a second, the backs of 'No Trespassing' signs were made for you and me, a third of Fouvriks are e-certified CEOs, and the wheel has been patented by at least a hundred people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Halal Lands's national animal is the Cormorant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Islam Sunni.

Halal Lands is ranked 21,715^th in the world and 84^th in Concord for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 296.39 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.