The Distraction of Half the World is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 27.858 billion Half the Worldians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.6%.

The very strong Half the Worldian economy, worth a remarkable 1,155 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Trout Farming, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 41,476 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 123,323 per year while the poor average 10,936, a ratio of 11.3 to 1.

Military spending is on the increase, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, voting has become a nightmare since everyone keeps selecting "None of the above", and polygamy is legal. Crime is a problem. Half the World's national animal is the fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Half the World is ranked 215,803^rd in the world and 24^th in The Watchtower for Safest, scoring 32.45 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.