The Colony of Elf Lala is a titanic, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 12.553 billion Elf Lalans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.6%.

The strong Elf Lalan economy, worth 780 trillion marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 62,200 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 177,829 per year while the poor average 17,329, a ratio of 10.3 to 1.

It is now illegal for teens to view any sites except Club Kitten and My Little Donkey, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, Harry Potter books are banned, and military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Elf Lala's national animal is the turtle.

Elf Lala is ranked 31,443^rd in the world and 1,097^th in Lazarus for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 6,082.65 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.