The Kingdom of Elymia is a very large, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical population of 378 million Elymians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.1%.

The very strong Elymian economy, worth 22.9 trillion Denaris a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 60,655 Denaris, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 222,959 per year while the poor average 11,668, a ratio of 19.1 to 1.

It is quite common for bar patrons to discuss Wittgenstein over cordials and games of backgammon, shady doctors seem to have impeccable records, frightened witnesses and seriously ill jurors wear the same handcuffs as the defendant, and commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elymia's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Elymia is ranked 50,321^st in the world and 162^nd in Talonia for Most Cultured, scoring 72 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.