The Society of adorable foxes of Protogen Eli is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, prohibition of alcohol, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.078 billion Protogens are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Law & Order, and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Japan. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The all-consuming Protogen Elian economy, worth 71.7 trillion Robot parts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Average income is 66,503 Robot parts, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 247,629 per year while the poor average 12,536, a ratio of 19.8 to 1.

Comedians who make offensive jokes have their ticket proceeds seized, prison walls have had to be modified to keep parkour-trained criminals from escaping, military spending is on the increase, and naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Protogen Eli's national animal is the Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Protogen Eli is ranked 117,037^th in the world and 5,197^th in Osiris for Most Cultured, scoring 65 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.