The Sultanate of The Helix Goda is a very large, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 115 million Helix Godans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.6%.

The thriving Helix Godan economy, worth 7.27 trillion kronor a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 63,235 kronor, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 178,499 per year while the poor average 17,932, a ratio of 10.0 to 1.

Oxygen is commonly known as 'breathinium', Leader wears a chewed-up rubber chicken suit to meet foreign delegates, heavily-laden pregnant women are told they can manage, and blocked storm drains cause sanitation problems. Crime is a problem. The Helix Goda's national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

The Helix Goda is ranked 259,018^th in the world and 455^th in Sophia for Safest, scoring 13.73 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.