The Kingdom of Mountain Hall is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, parental licensing program, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 9.318 billion Hallwegians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 36.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Mountain Hallian economy, worth 478 trillion Good Faiths a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 51,275 Good Faiths, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Genetic researchers have been expelled, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, an alabaster statue of an ancient cat-deity takes pride of place in the centre of Mountain Hall City, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mountain Hall's national animal is the Hare.

Mountain Hall is ranked 123,016^th in the world and 1^st in Salamandastron for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,425.32 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.