The Allied States of Oeta Helicon is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, otherworldly petting zoo, and absence of drug laws. The quiet, industrious population of 880 million Oeta Heliconians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helicon. The average income tax rate is 44.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Oeta Heliconian economy, worth 80.9 trillion Atlants a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,935 Atlants, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers, Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, and stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Oeta Helicon's national animal is the Hydra, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Oeta Helicon is ranked 24,569^th in the world and 2^nd in Terra Firma for Highest Food Quality, scoring 101.06 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.