The Contested Territory of Halfordia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its suspicion of poets, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 25.066 billion Halfordians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal, pro-business, outspoken individuals is solely concerned with Defense. Income tax is unheard of.

The enormous but inefficient Halfordian economy, worth a remarkable 1,059 trillion metals a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Average income is 42,254 metals, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 271,286 per year while the poor average 2,676, a ratio of 101 to 1.

The annual Adult Film Awards have a category for most titillating aftershave advert, signs saying "No Poor People or Weirdoes" are common outside shops and cafés, Leader sports gold-plated grillz to promote the government's hard money policy, and no animal is considered endangered if there's another that looks kind of like it. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Halfordia's national animal is the metal warrior, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Halfordia is ranked 282,505^th in the world and 69^th in Union of Free Nations for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -12.49 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.