The Abbey of Heilgerkreutz is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Justinian with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, strictly enforced bedtime, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 41.523 billion Heilgerkreutzians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Boniface. The average income tax rate is 82.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Heilgerkreutzian economy, worth a remarkable 3,997 trillion Talers a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,274 Talers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Heilgerkreutzian football team for the Maxxmas ceasefire consists only of Intelligence Corps personnel, rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, the government is washing its hands of alleged corruption, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Heilgerkreutz's national animal is the Capistrano Swallow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Heilgerkreutz is ranked 59,766^th in the world and 5^th in Wisconsin for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,284.1 on the Gilded Widget Scale.