The Empire of Helium Kittens United is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Floating Feline Empurror Wooldrizzle with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 5.572 billion Helium Kittens 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 Education, Environment, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 68.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Helium Kittens Unitedian economy, worth 260 trillion memes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,662 memes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Visual acuity is worsening amongst teenagers, business owners return from long vacations to find their factories have been turned into homeless shelters, employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, and prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams. 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, and its national religion is Modern Worship of Quetzalcoatl.

Helium Kittens United is ranked 22,525^th in the world and 987^th in The North Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 2,897.75 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.