The Republic of Problevik is a large, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and complete absence of social welfare. The devout population of 105 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 Defense, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 15.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Problevikian economy, worth 5.46 trillion Vikbucks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,984 Vikbucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It's normal to start working life with crippling financial debt, vacationers and business travelers are often warned that they may lose the right to vote if they spend too much time overseas, veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days, and the state auctions off combat drones to fund war reparations. 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 254,114^th in the world and 3,690^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 842.44 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.