The Democratic Republic of Elyran is a tiny, cultured nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 10 million Elyranians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 67.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Elyranian economy, worth 220 billion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Retail. Average income is 22,088 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The mood of raunchy movies is often ruined by the sound of babies crying, people with dyslexia are told to tough through it, tradesmen will knock 10% off their fees if customers pay cash, and a common response to government PSAs is "well, DUH, obviously". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elyran's national animal is the rat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Elyran is ranked 23,524^th in the world and 92^nd in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Safest, scoring 111.84 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.