The Federal Republic of Eleuthelrium is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, pith helmet sales, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 3.955 billion Eleuthelriumians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prosperitas. The average income tax rate is 84.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Eleuthelriumian economy, worth a remarkable 1,078 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 272,798 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Rare steaks seem even bluer now, international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Eleuthelrium, late night adverts for breast milk co-ops regularly win pornography industry awards, and it's a hard-knock life for the orphans doing factory work for a pittance. Crime is totally unknown. Eleuthelrium's national animal is the Animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Eleuthelrium is ranked 2,990^th in the world and 64^th in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 13,008.35 on the Gilded Widget Scale.