The Federated Prefectures of Nu Elysium is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 518 million Elysians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Idyllia. The average income tax rate is 54.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Elysian economy, worth 45.6 trillion credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,010 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Advertisers are struggling to make water sound cool to a twitchy public, workers tend to schedule naps during all-hands meetings, textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, and in court almost every witness is a hostile witness. Crime is totally unknown. Nu Elysium's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Nu Elysium is ranked 280,452^nd in the world and 400^th in Astoria for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.66 kickbacks per hour.