The Most Serene Republic of West Halcyon is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 140 million West Halcyonians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 72.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant West Halcyonian economy, worth 3.35 trillion Frindles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Tourism. Average income is 23,946 Frindles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Body doubles and armed bodyguards escort witnesses to and from courtrooms, finders keepers is the law of the land, racehorses move a lot slower these days, and government bureaucrats shut down teenage yard-raking businesses for being counter-revolutionary. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Halcyon's national animal is the beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

West Halcyon is ranked 318,515^th in the world and 2,243^rd in the Rejected Realms for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 6,705.05 Standard Monetary Units.