The Principality of East Helland is a mammoth, genial nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 6.929 billion Hales live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Spirituality, although Education, Defense, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Industry and Law & Order are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Exeter. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The strong Halish economy, worth 449 trillion East Halish Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 64,854 East Halish Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.8 times as much as the poorest.

Schoolkids say that the air doesn't taste like wee-wee any more, teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, and Mr Happy's Funland has just been named East Helland's new capital. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. East Helland's national animal is the Sheep.

East Helland is ranked 123,671^st in the world and 1^st in The Forbidden West for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,665.11 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.