The Confederacy of Elwher is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Fah Lo Suee with a fair hand, and renowned for its avant-garde cinema, unlimited-speed roads, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 16.136 billion Elwherites are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Industry and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tanelorn. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Elwherian economy, worth a remarkable 7,253 trillion Gold Dragons a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 449,524 Gold Dragons, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,466,983 per year while the poor average 103,621, a ratio of 14.2 to 1.

Most towns have their Fah Lo Suee High School located on Fah Lo Suee Street, the government has cut its subsidies for all special interest groups, truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail, and the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories'. 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 239^th in the world and 1^st in Laissez Faireholm for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 19,404.76 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.