The State of Ellis Foundation is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, complete lack of public education, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 29.28 billion Ellistons live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal, pro-business, outspoken individuals is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, with Social Policy and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Income tax is unheard of.

The very strong Ellis Foundationian economy, worth a remarkable 1,460 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 49,873 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 339,078 per year while the poor average 2,679, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Ellis Foundation has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, The Governor has just been declared ruler of Ellis Foundation in an international press conference, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, and food voucher forgeries are causing headaches for the police. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Ellis Foundation's national animal is the deer.

Ellis Foundation is ranked 125,073^rd in the world and 1^st in Milwaukee for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.