The Fragile Democracy of Heale is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Gemma I with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, infamous sell-swords, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working population of 3.939 billion Healeans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heale City. The average income tax rate is 74.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Healean economy, worth 283 trillion Tenevans a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 72,024 Tenevans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Large-girthed charity workers assign themselves healthy wages for their work with starving children, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, and internet searches for the inventor of the three-wheeled steam-powered Healean weed picker are way up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Heale's national animal is the Monster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Healian Modernistic Colovism.

Heale is ranked 227,241^st in the world and 9,854^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.06 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.