The Republic of Van Helsingfors is a titanic, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 17.647 billion Van Helsingforsians 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 large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 45.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Van Helsingforsian economy, worth 569 trillion euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 32,268 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras and Harry Potter books are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Van Helsingfors's national animal is the elk.

Van Helsingfors is ranked 99,179^th in the world and 1^st in Helsinki for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,126.25 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.