The Revolutionary Socialist Rep of Helsingdal is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Aghvardh Nordvall with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 11.556 billion Helsingis are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vitterånge. The average income tax rate is 94.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Helsingdalian economy, worth a remarkable 2,885 trillion Spesmiloj 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 a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. 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 an amazing 249,686 Spesmiloj, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Soldiers stream their classified military operations live for millions of fans, diplomats miss flights while wandering Vitterånge Airport's endless art maze, strange lights seen in the sky are officially regarded as weather balloons or hoaxes and nothing else, and religious citizens are closely monitored for signs of self-harm. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Helsingdal's national animal is the Lynx, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Asatro.

Helsingdal is ranked 319,064^th in the world and 7^th in Esperanto for Nicest Citizens, with 0.43 average smiles per day.