The United Kingdom of Talvimaa is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 356 million Nordics are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lahtela. The average income tax rate is 50.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Nordic economy, worth 11.5 trillion kroonas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 32,420 kroonas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

News headlines suggest that Leader has a sideline in guinea pig pimping, multilingual concierges man empty inner city apartment blocks, government bureaucrats review designs for birdhouses to ensure they do not block the views of neighbors, and legal contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Talvimaa's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Talvimaa is ranked 288,011^th in the world and 24^th in Elysion for Highest Average Incomes, with 32,420.23 Standard Monetary Units.