The Democratic Republic of Elbor is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.872 billion Elborians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Elborian economy, worth 39.3 trillion lire 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 20,972 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is currently revamping its entire education system, national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings, the slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework, and wigged-out hunters report playing croquet with the Queen of Hearts. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elbor's national animal is the sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Elbor is ranked 322,675^th in the world and 195^th in Britannia for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 5,138.28 Standard Monetary Units.