The Republic of Problevik is a small, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service and complete absence of social welfare. The democratic, devout population of 32 million Problevikians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 17.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Problevikian economy, worth 1.58 trillion Vikbucks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,440 Vikbucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children have taken to using semaphore in light of the recent mobile phone ban, annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals, shelters struggle to keep up with the endless intake of stray animals, and blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Problevik's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Problevik is ranked 322,384^th in the world and 4,181^st in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 2.00 billion Standard Monetary Units.