The Republic of Eldervai is a colossal, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 3.783 billion Eldervaians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 58.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Eldervaian economy, worth 67.9 trillion sents 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 Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 17,953 sents, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eldervai's national animal is the crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Eldervai is ranked 226,898^th in the world and 10^th in Berytus for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 1,110.19 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.