The Embarrassment of Half-Life Source is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Valve with an iron fist, and notable for its enslaved workforce, ritual sacrifices, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.728 billion Half-Life Sourceans 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 large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 280. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.6%.

The strong Half-Life Sourcean economy, worth 175 trillion 1 June 2004s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,419 1 June 2004s, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 307,100 per year while the poor average 7,941, a ratio of 38.7 to 1.

EULAs remind customers that "Private Mode" is a browser setting rather than a promise, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, all screens are equal but some are more equal than others, and a PhD just ain't what it used to be. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Half-Life Source's national animal is the Valve, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Source Engine.

Half-Life Source is ranked 224,988^th in the world and 67^th in Steam for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -3.16 on the Clooney Contribution Index.