The Holy Lucky Christmas of Nu Elysium is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Santa Claus with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 1.781 billion Nu 'lysians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrassil. The average income tax rate is 77.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient 'lysian economy, worth 261 trillion Gold Bars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 146,704 Gold Bars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, the government finds the idea of having an army to be rather distasteful, teenagers sit around on their butts all day, and the education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence. Crime is totally unknown. Nu Elysium's national animal is the orca, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Nu Elysium is ranked 93,519^th in the world and 2^nd in Avonesia for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 3,390.99 on the Hickory Productivity Index.