The Empire of Helium Kittens United is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Floating Feline Empurror Wooldrizzle with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 3.919 billion Helium Kittens have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 59.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Helium Kittens Unitedian economy, worth 204 trillion memes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,265 memes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Restaurants are required to specify whether their toilet paper was made in Helium Kittens United, social media sites go into shutdown for days at a time to censor user content, stoned tourists don't tend to remember much about their holidays here, and the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Helium Kittens United's national animal is the human, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Helium Kittens United is ranked 28,354^th in the world and 1,577^th in The North Pacific for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 4,467.08 on the Hickory Productivity Index.