The Borderlands of Hellheim is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 262 million Hellheimians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.5%.

The very strong Hellheimian economy, worth 14.8 trillion Marks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 56,307 Marks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 218,373 per year while the poor average 9,944, a ratio of 22.0 to 1.

The "swords to plowshares" policy has created a generation of farmers that can kill a yak from 200 yards away, the nation operates a "finders-keepers" policy with other nations' citizens, there are no minimum wage laws, and the Foreign Ministry thinks an eye for an eye is a blindingly good idea. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Hellheim's national animal is the Sphinx, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Hellheim is ranked 221,595^th in the world and 3^rd in Empyrea for Nicest Citizens, with 10.55 average smiles per day.