The Republic of Problevik is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and complete absence of social welfare. The devout population of 7 million Problevikians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 17.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The fair Problevikian economy, worth 329 billion Vikbucks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,054 Vikbucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, designer truncheons are the latest law enforcement fashion craze, Widow Twankey complains about being "cancelled", and fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Problevik's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Problevik is ranked 148,300^th in the world and 2,193^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 523.07 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.