The Armed Republic of Elbian Federation is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its daily referendums, unlimited-speed roads, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 9.864 billion Elbian Federationians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlin. The average income tax rate is 40.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Elbian Federationian economy, worth a remarkable 1,125 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 114,125 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Children of nonreligious parents are often barred from school festival events, businesses have become paranoid as waves of lawsuits sweep the nation, binoculars sales are at an all-time high, and droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Elbian Federation's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Elbian Federation is ranked 30,685^th in the world and 1,670^th in Balder for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,618.8 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.