The Federated Provinces of South Helland is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sean Abu Al-Hanoud with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 10.942 billion Hales are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Environment, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Plymouth. The average income tax rate is 18.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Halish economy, worth 504 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,137 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The law says it's okay to sell a bomb to a terrorist so long as they promise not to detonate it, pharmaceutical companies emphatically promise that "your pills are in the mail" rather than admit any supply shortfall, pilots always remember to send their doctors a Maxxmas card, and late night adverts for breast milk co-ops regularly win pornography industry awards. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. South Helland's national animal is the Sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

South Helland is ranked 41,369^th in the world and 2^nd in The Forbidden West for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,227.33 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.