The More Purrfect Union of Elucubria is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by FD Lovejoy with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, lack of airports, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.404 billion Elucubrians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ank-Aujaj. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Elucubrian economy, worth 940 trillion auns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 174,065 auns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, one can wake up in Elucubria and have breakfast in Bigtopia, re-education centers are being added to most prisons, and physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elucubria's national animal is the Remarque's myna, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Elucubria is ranked 275,412^th in the world and 138^th in Refugia for Largest Black Market, with 83.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.