The Whirling Derwishes of Halicarnassos is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Some One with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, frequent executions, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 35.831 billion Halicarnassosians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bodrum. The average income tax rate is 82.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Halicarnassosian economy, worth a remarkable 7,564 trillion Golds a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 211,126 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Commuters are denied boarding for attempting to bring packed lunches onto trains, whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, job satisfaction is a luxury many Halicarnassosians can't afford, and nighttime sightings of raccoons sporting Circle-A patches and bandanna masks are on the rise. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Halicarnassos's national animal is the Herodotos, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Banjectism.

Halicarnassos is ranked 1,654^th in the world and 1^st in Imperial Europe for Largest Black Market, with 4,346 trillion Standard Monetary Units.