The Federation of Helveticanium is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 624 million Helvetians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Duckville. The average income tax rate is 47.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Helveti economy, worth 44.2 trillion Francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 70,844 Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, voting district maps are said to resemble a tyrannosaurus eating the capital, and interviewees for teaching jobs are waterboarded to "reveal undesirable histories". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Helveticanium's national animal is the Duck, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Helveticanium is ranked 115,513^th in the world and 1^st in Entenhausen for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 143.96 on the Clooney Contribution Index.