The Cohorse Union Member State of Heloonia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Arthur Fletcher with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, public floggings, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 2.707 billion Heloonians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helocia. The average income tax rate is 66.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Heloonian economy, worth 113 trillion OSUS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Gambling. Average income is 41,867 OSUS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, large sections of Heloonia have been named national reserves to protect the native tribes living there, military pistols are more secure than the national treasury, and theft is considered to be okay if the crime happened a long time ago. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Heloonia's national animal is the Moltres, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Börk sect.

Heloonia is ranked 47,132^nd in the world and 2,288^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,422.88 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.