The Holy Pink of Ellestede is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Santa Claus with a fair hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, state-planned economy, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 6.526 billion Squatch Juniors love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wahkiakum. The average income tax rate is 9.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Squatchy Junior economy, worth 299 trillion Brains a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 45,956 Brains, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Air Ellestede tickets have reached sky-high prices due to a complete monopoly on air travel, white strait-jackets are the new orange jumpsuits, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, and frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ellestede's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Ellestede is ranked 142,252^nd in the world and 12^th in The Sasquatch Republic for Largest Retail Industry, scoring 883.87 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.