The 7he-owned Republic of The Grand Helia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by President Hevali Olaze with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 3.77 billion Helians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Environment, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Velasa. The average income tax rate is 48.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The helian economy, worth 134 trillion Genzaloes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,804 Genzaloes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Grand Helia recently decided against having a capital city, denied drugs and entertainment the nation's youth are taking to petty crime to alleviate their boredom, and President Hevali Olaze has just been declared ruler of The Grand Helia in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Grand Helia's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Grand Helia is ranked 233,422^nd in the world and 2^nd in Genzic Lands for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -2 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.