The Republic of Helsinkus is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 1.383 billion Helsinkusians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 43.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Helsinkusian economy, worth 37.3 trillion pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,987 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Helsinkus's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Helsinkus is ranked 142,321^st in the world and 3,663^rd in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.