The District of Elliston is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Liard with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 46.258 billion Listors are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government prioritizes Industry, with Education, Law & Order, and Defense also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Ellistonian economy, worth a remarkable 8,648 trillion aurums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 186,969 aurums, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 788,333 per year while the poor average 28,732, a ratio of 27.4 to 1.

The government raises tariffs on a weekly basis, third world countries are rich in "I Love District City" t-shirts, the Laws of War require "enthusiastic consent" (Elliston has found 5 easter eggs), and hipster cyclists declare that "metal is dead". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elliston's national animal is the bovina, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Elliston is ranked 95,218^th in the world and 4^th in Dog Lake for Most Corrupt Governments, with 14.64 kickbacks per hour.