The Democratic Republic of Elyran is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 18 million Elyranians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 67.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Elyranian economy, worth 400 billion guilders 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Retail. Average income is 22,243 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth, the nation's air force consists of strongly-worded letters folded into paper airplanes, and scummy-looking teenagers outside government buildings sell bureaucrats spoofed ShortTok accounts. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elyran's national animal is the rat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Elyran is ranked 317,331^st in the world and 135^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 7,251.24 Standard Monetary Units.