The Democratic States of Elegarth Space Program is a mammoth, efficient nation, renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed population of 8.821 billion Elegarth Space Programians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 39.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Elegarth Space Programian economy, worth 640 trillion Space Credits a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 72,647 Space Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits, a few immigrants are better than no immigrants according to Leader, veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days, and school football matches are usually five-a-side. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elegarth Space Program's national animal is the Space Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Elegarth Space Program is ranked 104,385^th in the world and 95^th in House Elegarth for Most Developed, scoring 60.46 on the Human Development Index.