The People's Republic of Elysi um is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Niko Medhora Morozov with an iron fist, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, soft-spoken computers, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.224 billion Elysians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Folkvanger. The average income tax rate is 75.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Elysian economy, worth a remarkable 1,359 trillion Salyshkan Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 165,350 Salyshkan Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Coast Guard is pioneering a quixotic program to train fish, nuclear reactors are held together with party string and Hubba Bubba, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, and cinemas play art-house movies to ever-shrinking audiences as film critics rule the industry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elysi um's national animal is the Fennec Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Elysi um is ranked 257,635^th in the world and 9,511^th in Balder for Highest Food Quality, scoring 7.24 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.