The 4th Republic of Elvatoes is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Gizmo with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avant-garde cinema, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 8.032 billion Elvatins enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kabruha. The average income tax rate is 30.8%.

The powerhouse Elvatin economy, worth 673 trillion Pingoles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,730 Pingoles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign investment has dropped to a trickle after laws were passed preventing investors from taking their earnings abroad, government opponents tend to have their patents rejected immediately, cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, and Elvatin military drills look more like joint-Starlight exercises than anything else. Crime is well under control. Elvatoes's national animal is the Koala, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Elvatoes is ranked 95,057^th in the world and 231^st in Starlight for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 64 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.