The Republic of Eldian is a large, cultured nation, remarkable for its frequent executions and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 172 million Eldianians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 22.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Eldianian economy, worth 5.36 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,185 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want, Members of Parliament are often found living in cardboard boxes, the military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces", and the long arm of the law possesses a rather slow hand. Crime is totally unknown. Eldian's national animal is the Titan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Eldian is ranked 46,688^th in the world and 590^th in the West Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 73 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.