The People's Republic of Ellietopioa is a large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic population of 178 million Ellietopioans 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 79.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Ellietopioan economy, worth 9.73 trillion Ellietopioan Marks 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 dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 54,664 Ellietopioan Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage, translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, the nation is stuck in permanent election mode as politicians demand constant do-overs, and would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ellietopioa's national animal is the Mastiff, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ellietopioa is ranked 275,777^th in the world and 176^th in Eladria for Fattest Citizens, with 6.4 Obesity Rate.