The State of Helim is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 869 million Helimians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bhysa. The average income tax rate is 53.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Helimian economy, worth 62.9 trillion Narahs a year, is dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 72,427 Narahs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Helimian police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, even the nation's brussel sprouts are delicious and nutritious, peace talks occasionally rack up a higher body count than the wars they seek to stop, and the nation's soldiers sleep four to a bed in order to use space economically. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Helim's national animal is the Desert Falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Helim is ranked 70,881^st in the world and 10^th in Elepian Union for Most Developed, scoring 70.58 on the Human Development Index.