The Republic of Elead is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Supreme Commander Walter Ford with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, ubiquitous missile silos, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.172 billion Eleadites 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arzareth. The average income tax rate is 58.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Eleadean economy, worth 125 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 106,901 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère, the Foreign Ministry thinks an eye for an eye is a blindingly good idea, cheap goods stamped "Made In Dàguó" are increasingly rare, and drug-related crimes carry the death penalty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elead's national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Eleadean Christianity.

Elead is ranked 328,225^th in the world and 234^th in Fifth Empire for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -10.51 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.