The United Socialist States of Elysium Paradiso is a fledgling, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 5 million Elysium Paradisoans 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 69.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Elysium Paradisoan economy, worth 64.7 billion dihs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Retail. Average income is 12,933 dihs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, organ donation is compulsory, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and the government is full of esquivalience. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elysium Paradiso's national animal is the Human, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Elysium Paradiso is ranked 238,513^th in the world and 87^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 13.64 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.