The State of Western Elliston is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 23.361 billion Ellistonians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, pro-business government prioritizes Industry, although Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Welfare and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.2%.

The powerhouse Western Ellistonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,087 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 46,555 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 193,150 per year while the poor average 7,353, a ratio of 26.3 to 1.

Popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, The Governor has just been declared ruler of Western Elliston in an international press conference, and builders across Western Elliston are blocked up with orders for new public loos. Crime is a serious problem. Western Elliston's national animal is the deer.

Western Elliston is ranked 248,327^th in the world and 3^rd in Windhoek for Most Patriotic, with 2.63 flags saluted per person per day.