The Rural Community of Halicia is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Librarian-General Alic Mayer with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, devout population of 4.566 billion Halicians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Knowledge Emporium. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Halician economy, worth 427 trillion halician pfennings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 93,665 halician pfennings, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 273,632 per year while the poor average 25,319, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

Passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life, over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes, the arms industry is backed by government subsidies and harsh anti-protest laws are in place, and foreign leaders who don't applaud Librarian-General Alic Mayer's speeches are regarded as enemies of Halicia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Halicia's national animal is the huskie, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Halicia is ranked 126,883^rd in the world and 41^st in Apostolic Farmland for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.