The Semi-Empire of Hamborn is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Columb Nalim with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 4.894 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 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 67.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Hambornian economy, worth 342 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 69,890 Franc Hambordiens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Many former slaves are finding out there is such a thing as a free lunch, Tom and Jerry cartoons have cat and mouse resolving their problems with reasoned discussion, those who sing the national anthem off-key have the key thrown away, and former slave-owners hope there are no hard feelings when they apply for jobs from their erstwhile charges. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a 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 147,889^th in the world and 1,990^th in The East Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,902.95 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.