The United Kingdom of Talvimaa is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 372 million Nordics hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lahtela. The average income tax rate is 43.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Nordic economy, worth 18.3 trillion kroonas a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 49,112 kroonas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

People often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, prices fluctuate manically for no fathomable reason, barbed wire entanglements and guard towers surround the Lahtela Natural History Museum, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Talvimaa's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Talvimaa is ranked 277,880^th in the world and 12^th in Elysion for Largest Populations, with 372 million capita.