The Moor Pirate Brig of Ilkley Moor is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Conservation Committee with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The humorless population of 7.534 billion Ilkley Moorians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sphagnum. The average income tax rate is 51.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Ilkley Moorian economy, worth 900 trillion elderberries a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,555 elderberries, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

People are more interested in gossip about the private lives of politicians than their policies, weekends are spent tilting at windmills, government spokespeople are working overtime trying to convince concerned citizens that The Conservation Committee is not a crook, and mandatory neutering has made purebred dogs a thing of the past. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ilkley Moor's national animal is the cow and calf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the fairy ring.

Ilkley Moor is ranked 292,855^th in the world and 98^th in Yorkshire for Lowest Crime Rates, with 11.4 law-abiding acts per hour.