The Enlightened Nation of Elestansa is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Anatolie Negutesco with a fair hand, and renowned for its fear of technology, lack of airports, and ritual sacrifices. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 979 million Elesians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Telavograd. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Elesian economy, worth 84.2 trillion Euros a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Gambling. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 86,055 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, theatre audiences often need a telescope to see the stage, endangered bison are herded across the border to prevent them from trampling on native prairie grass, and demand for gourmet white truffles is on the rise. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elestansa's national animal is the Pigeon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Elestansa is ranked 112,320^th in the world and 466^th in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,353.38 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.