The Confederacy of Elwher is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Fah Lo Suee with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 31.307 billion Elwherites live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tanelorn. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Elwherian economy, worth an astonishing 21,061 trillion Gold Dragons a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 672,742 Gold Dragons, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 6,301,396 per year while the poor average 6,050, a ratio of 1,041 to 1.

Residents are readily ratting out rats in restaurants, ex-cons are paid to remain law-abidingly dull, citizens are overwhelmed by beautiful simulacra, and the rainbow assortment of chemicals in the water has turned the frogs gay. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Elwher's national animal is the Phoorn dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is None.

Elwher is ranked 333,791^st in the world and 4^th in Libertarium for Least Corrupt Governments, with 0.67 percentage of bribes refused.