The State of Northern Elliston is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 21.749 billion Northern Ellistonians 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 tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The powerhouse Northern Ellistonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,372 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 63,118 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 192,812 per year while the poor average 16,015, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

The police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, Northern Elliston has designated Westminster as its capital city, the Governor has just been declared ruler of Northern Elliston in an international press conference, and programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours. Crime is a problem. Northern Elliston's national animal is the deer.

Northern Elliston is ranked 249,127^th in the world and 5^th in Vaduz for Lowest Crime Rates, with 52.27 law-abiding acts per hour.