The Confederacy of New Khia Helis is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 177 million New Khia Helisians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.2%.

The all-consuming New Khia Helisian economy, worth 13.8 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 78,200 Euros, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 227,792 per year while the poor average 21,225, a ratio of 10.7 to 1.

Airport security is provided by private companies, high school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate, subsidisation of Big Pharma has stopped many corporate executives from having to sell their second homes, and seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. New Khia Helis's national animal is the swan.

New Khia Helis is ranked 310,542^nd in the world and 1,489^th in Europe for Most Patriotic, with 0.51 flags saluted per person per day.