The Semi-Empire of Hamborn is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Columb Nalim with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 4.865 billion hambornians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alkőmen-Alesia. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Hambornian economy, worth 270 trillion Franc Hambordiens a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Retail, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 55,541 Franc Hambordiens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Mountain rescuers refer to their new gear as the 'watchamacallits' and 'thingymabobs', medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters, the army lures cannon fodder with promises of a college education, and only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hamborn's national animal is the Polux Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheist.

Hamborn is ranked 253,766^th in the world and 1,719^th in The East Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 162 billion Standard Monetary Units.