The Federation of Elystreia is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its soft-spoken computers, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 202 million Elystreians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Elystreian economy, worth 9.79 trillion elys a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 48,460 elys, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Primary candidates are replaced if they fail to compliment Leader's hair, the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, teachers are dying as they attempt to read 500 word essays without pausing for breath, and some members of Parliament are illiterate. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elystreia's national animal is the butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Elystreia is ranked 124,139^th in the world and 379^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Developed, scoring 57.92 on the Human Development Index.