The ENDORSE TEPERTOPIA of Heliosphere is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and vat-grown people. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 14.031 billion Heliospherans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heliosphere City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Heliospheran economy, worth a remarkable 8,944 trillion Novas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Information Technology and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 637,452 Novas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Middle-aged metal fans quite enjoy being called "rebellious youths" by even older politicians, frat-house partying has become the national pastime, laws are littered with references to cheese, and signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Heliosphere's national animal is the Meteor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Heliosphere is ranked 43^rd in the world and 4^th in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 33,913.37 on the Gilded Widget Scale.